Piers of the Homeless Night
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Piers of the Homeless Night
By (Author) Jack Kerouac
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
26th February 2018
22nd February 2018
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Reportage, journalism or collected columns
813.54
Physical Properties
Paperback
64
Width 110mm, Height 160mm, Spine 6mm
46g
Description
Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry 'See my hand up-tipped, learn the secret of my human heart...' Soaring, freewheeling snapshots of life on the road across America, from the Beat writer who inspired a generation.
Author Bio
Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. Educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell, he decided to become a writer at age seventeen and developed his own writing style, which he called 'spontaneous prose'. He used this technique to record the life of the American 'traveler' and the experiences of the Beat Generation, most memorably in On the Road and also in The Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums. His other works include Big Sur, Desolation Angels, Lonesome Traveler, Visions of Gerard, Tristessa, and a book of poetry called Mexico City Blues. Jack Kerouac died in 1969.
