And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
By: William S. Burroughs , Jack Kerouac
4.06
Format: None pages,
On August 14, 1944, Lucien Carr, a friend of William S. Burroughs from St. Louis, stabbed a man nam…
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1. Visions of Gerard
By: Jack Kerouac
3.74
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
"His life...ended when he was nine and the nuns of St. Louis de France Parochial School were at his… read more
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2. Scattered Poems
By: William S. Burroughs , Jack Kerouac
3.68
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Spontaneous poetry by the author of On the Road, gathered from underground and ephemeral publicatio… read more
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"…of constipation of the brain & diarrhea of the mouth."-William S. Burroughs, Scattered Poems
"What is the universe but a lot of waves And a craving desire is a wave…"-William S. Burroughs, Scattered Poems
"O foot tired in climes so mysterious, Don't go down the otherside for nothing."-William S. Burroughs, Scattered Poems
"I clearly saw the skeleton underneath all this show of personality what is left of a man and all his pride but bones?"-William S. Burroughs, Scattered Poems
3. Go
By: John Clellon Holmes
3.80
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The novel that launched the beat generation's literary legacy describes the world of Jack Kerouac, … read more
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"The idiotic industry of an ant building his hill in the path of a glacier, and imagining that he is free."-John Clellon Holmes, Go
"But all I could think of was taking some books to read in jail. I held everybody up, choosing which ones to take."-John Clellon Holmes, Go
4. The Sea Is My Brother
By: Jack Kerouac
3.61
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the spring of 1943, during a stint in the Merchant Marine, twenty-one-year old Jack Kerouac set … read more
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"Değişim toplumun sıhhatidir."-Jack Kerouac, The Sea Is My Brother
"I haven't the courage, or perhaps the hardness, to withstand the tremendous pathos of this life. I love life's casual beauty- fear its awful strength."-Jack Kerouac, The Sea Is My Brother
"Kadınları bilirsin, küçük kedileri pek severler... Yardıma muhtaç şeylere bayılır onlar. Ama erkeklere geldi mi iş değişir, erkeğin zalim olanını tercih ederler."-Jack Kerouac, The Sea Is My Brother
"Joe gibilerin "her şeyi berbat etmesine" izin verilemezdi. Peki neydi bu "her şey?" Bu, bir yaşam biçimiydi, denizde sürdürülen bir yaşam biçimi; eşitlikti, paylaşımdı, birliktelikti, ortak huzurdu..…"-Jack Kerouac, The Sea Is My Brother
5. Howl and Other Poems
By: William Carlos Williams , Allen Ginsberg
4.13
Format: 56 pages, Hardcover
A beat movement icon and visionary poet, Allen Ginsberg broke boundaries with his fearless, pyrotec… read more
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"You too must seek the sun..."-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems
"America this is quite serious"-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems
"The beauty is in the eye of the beholder."-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems
"Follow your inner moonlight, don’t hide the madness."-William Carlos Williams, Howl and Other Poems
6. On the Road
By: Jack Kerouac
3.61
Format: 307 pages, Paperback
A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more
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"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."-Jack Kerouac, On the Road
7. Turtle Island
By: Gary Snyder , Michael Corr
3.94
Format: None pages, Paperback
Describing the title of his collection of poetry and occasional prose pieces, Gary Snyder writes in… read more
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8. Big Sur
By: Aram Saroyan , Jack Kerouac
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
"Each book by Jack Kerouac is unique, a telepathic diamond. With prose set in the middle of his min… read more
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9. Tristessa
By: Aram Saroyan , Jack Kerouac
4.33
Format: 308 pages,
Tristessa is the name with which Kerouac baptized Esperanza Villanueva, a Catholic Mexican young wo… read more
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10. First Third & Other Writings - Revised & Expanded Edition Together With A New Prologue
By: Neal Cassady
4.13
Format: 277 pages,
Immortalized as Dean Moriarty by Jack Kerouac in his epic novel, On the Road, Neal Cassady was infa… read more
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11. Maggie Cassidy
By: Jack Kerouac
4.00
Format: 412 pages, Paperback
"When someone asks 'Where does [Kerouac] get that stuff?' say: 'From you!' He lay awake all night l… read more
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12. And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
By: William S. Burroughs , Jack Kerouac
4.06
Format: None pages,
On August 14, 1944, Lucien Carr, a friend of William S. Burroughs from St. Louis, stabbed a man nam… read more
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13. Desolation Angels
By: Jack Kerouac , Joyce Johnson
3.93
Format: 409 pages, Paperback
The classic autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac featuring "one of the most true, comic, and griz… read more
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"So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry"-Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels
"Meanwhile the sunsets are mad orange fools raging in the gloom...."-Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels
"Every night I still ask the Lord, "Why?" and havent heard a decent answer yet"-Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels
"Tutte le notti continuo a chiedere al Signore, "Perché?" E ancora non ho avuto una risposta decente."-Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels
14. Lonesome Traveler
By: Jack Kerouac
3.99
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
As he roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Jack Kerouac breathlessly records, in prose … read more
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15. The Subterraneans
By: Jack Kerouac
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Jack Kerouac, one of the great voices of the Beat generation and author of the classic On the Road,… read more
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16. Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems
By: William Carlos Williams , Allen Ginsberg
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Beat movement icon and visionary poet, Allen Ginsberg broke boundaries with his fearless, pyrotechn… read more
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17. The Dharma Bums
By: Jack Kerouac
4.71
Format: None pages,
Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam… read more
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18. A Coney Island of the Mind
By: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
3.84
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
The title of this book is taken from Henry Miller's "Into the Night Life"and expresses the way Lawr… read more
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20. Satori In Paris
By: Jack Kerouac
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Although he was born and raised in Massachusetts, Jack Kerouac's family was French-Canadian, a fact… read more
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21. The Town and the City
By: Jack Kerouac
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
'It is the sum of myself, as far as the written word can go' - Kerouac on "The Town and the City". … read more
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