{"product_id":"big-sur-9781684223169","title":"Big Sur","description":"\u003cp\u003e2019 Reprint of 1962 Edition. Coming down from his carefree youth and unwanted fame, Jack Kerouac undertakes a mature confrontation of some of his most troubling emotional issues: a burgeoning problem with alcoholism, addiction, fear, and insecurity. He dutifully records his ever-changing states of consciousness, which culminate in a powerful religious experience. \u003cem\u003eBig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Sur\u003c\/em\u003e was written sometime after Jack Kerouac's best-known works, following a visit to northern California and the first feelings of midlife crisis. Kerouac stayed for several weeks in a cabin in Big Sur, California, and with friends in San Francisco. Upon returning home, he wrote this account in a two-week period. Critic Richard Meltzer referred to Big Sur as Kerouac's 'masterpiece, and one of the great, great works of the English language.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Martino Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50475222073618,"sku":"9781684223169","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3fe03554-7969-4f93-9aaf-6b38bb22f2d9.jpg?v=1748688958","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/big-sur-9781684223169","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}