{"product_id":"big-sur-9781734029260","title":"Big Sur","description":"\u003cp\u003eFive years after \u003cem\u003eOn the Road, \u003c\/em\u003e the book that made him an overnight celebrity, Kerouac examines with wrenching clarity his unwished for fame, escalating alcoholism, and troubling alienation from nature. In a thinly veiled autobiographical account of his time in Big Sur at the cabin of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and with friends in San Francisco--among them fellow iconoclasts Neal Cassady, Gary Snyder, and Alan Watts--he chronicles a ruinous alcoholic bender with searing psychological candor. Kerouac displays full mastery of pace, structure, and idiom in \u003cem\u003eBig Sur\u003c\/em\u003e--a tale that ends with a crescendo as finely wrought and poignant as any in American literature. Includes a character key and a detailed biographical timeline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKerouac, Jack:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was an American novelist, poet, and, with Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, a central figure of the Beat Generation. He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, of French-Canadian parents and briefly attended Columbia University before falling in with a group of friends that would eventually define a literary movement. Big Sur is considered by many critics to be his finest literary achievement.","brand":"Warbler Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607324659986,"sku":"9781734029260","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_38f6f70f-c010-46a3-a30a-79ba1c7501a8.jpg?v=1748691033","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/big-sur-9781734029260","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}