{"product_id":"big-sur-jack-kerouac-9780143119234","title":"Big Sur: (Penguin Ink)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poignant masterpiece of wrenching personal expression from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this 1962 novel, Kerouac's alter ego Jack Duluoz, overwhelmed by success and excess, gravitates back and forth between wild binges in San Francisco and an isolated cabin on the California coast where he attempts to renew his spirit and clear his head of madness and alcohol. Only nature seems to restore him to a sense of balance. In the words of Allen Ginsberg, \u003ci\u003e Big Sur\u003c\/i\u003e \"reveals consciousness in all its syntactic elaboration, detailing the luminous emptiness of his own paranoiac confusion.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Kerouac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143119230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143119234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 4.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049139761407,"sku":"9780143119234","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5665bae2-828d-47ad-85bd-d07b894619c7.jpg?v=1684999861","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/big-sur-jack-kerouac-9780143119234","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}