{"product_id":"big-sur-paperback","title":"Big Sur - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive years after \u003cem\u003eOn the Road, \u003c\/em\u003e the book that made him an overnight celebrity, Kerouac examines with wrenching clarity his unwished for fame, escalating alcoholism, and troubling alienation from nature. In a thinly veiled autobiographical account of his time in Big Sur at the cabin of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and with friends in San Francisco--among them fellow iconoclasts Neal Cassady, Gary Snyder, and Alan Watts--he chronicles a ruinous alcoholic bender with searing psychological candor. Kerouac displays full mastery of pace, structure, and idiom in \u003cem\u003eBig Sur\u003c\/em\u003e--a tale that ends with a crescendo as finely wrought and poignant as any in American literature. Includes a character key and a detailed biographical timeline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101636792543,"sku":"9781734029260","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/NkkxS0hjWS9zRkdiby8zc2FYSnFydz09.webp?v=1781071870","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/big-sur-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}