{"product_id":"sea-is-my-brother-jack-kerouac-9780306821806","title":"Sea Is My Brother: The Lost Novel (Deluxe, Expanded)","description":"In the spring of 1943, during a stint in the Merchant Marine, twenty-one-year old Jack Kerouac set out to write his first novel. Working diligently day and night to complete it by hand, he titled it \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Is My Brother\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, nearly seventy years later, its long-awaited publication provides fascinating details and insight into the early life and development of an American literary icon.\u003cp\u003eWritten seven years before \u003ci\u003eThe Town and The City\u003c\/i\u003e officially launched his writing career, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Is My Brother\u003c\/i\u003e marks a pivotal point in which Kerouac began laying the foundations for his pioneering method and signature style. A clear precursor to such landmark works as \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVisions of Cody\u003c\/i\u003e, it is an important formative work that bears all the hallmarks of classic Kerouac: the search for spiritual meaning in a materialistic world, spontaneous travel as the true road to freedom, late nights in bars and apartments engaged in intense conversation, the desperate urge to escape from society, and the strange, terrible beauty of loneliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Kerouac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030682180X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306821806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045623951615,"sku":"9780306821806","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_840b5f9d-fb87-41b4-8ecd-36786c5d3c45.jpg?v=1684979782","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sea-is-my-brother-jack-kerouac-9780306821806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}