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For two years, during the time that On the Road established Jack Kerouac as the spokesman and guiding light of the Beat Generation, Joyce Johnson was his girlfriend. This luminous, lyrical book is the story of that time. "A loving, tender and moving testament."--People.
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Johnson considers her personal history within the larger framework of the Beat movement and American society. Memories of a conventional Jewish middle-class upbringing and her revolt against it are interwoven with the early experiences of people she would meet later: Jack Kerouac (her boyfriend in the late 1950s), Allen Ginsberg, and others are evaluated with perceptive authority. Johnson's elegant prose is carefully wrought and thoughtfully measured in a way that Beat literature seldom was.
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- PublisherPan Books Ltd
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0330281496
- ISBN 13 9780330281492
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages240
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR002652473
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Minor Characters (Picador Books)
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR002977439
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ISBN 13: 9780330281492
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Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. "First British Publication" to front cover. Handling wear, shelfwear, light creasing to covers, former owner's ink name to first page, otherwise a clean tight solid softcover copy. 237pp. SB-59. Seller Inventory # 007160
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8vo. Softcover. good. 237pp. In January 1957, Allen Ginsberg arranged a blind date between Joyce Johnson and Jack Kerouac. Seller Inventory # 58093
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