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Written over the course of three days and three nights, The Subterraneans was generated out of the same ecstatic flash of inspiration that produced another one of Kerouac's early classic, On The Road. Centering on the tempestous breakup of Leo Percepied and Mardou Fox--two denizens of the... read more
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First Sentence edit
Once I was young and had so much more orientation and could talk with nervous intelligence about everything and with clarity and without as much literary preambling as this; in other words this is the story of an unselfconfident man, at the same time of a
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This book is in Penguin's Top 100 Classics. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jack Kerouac (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Grove Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1958
ISBN: 978-0802131867
Page Count: 111
Publisher: Grove Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1958
ISBN: 978-0802131867
Page Count: 111
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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