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The Town and the City is a novel by Jack Kerouac, published by Harcourt Brace in 1950. This was the first major work published by Kerouac, who later became famous for his second novel On the Road (1957).
- Jack Kerouac, Douglas Brinkley
- 1950
The Town and the City is a family saga set at first in Lowell, MA, his hometown. He calls the town Galloway and renames the family members, including himself.
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Oct 21, 1970 · Kerouac draws on his New England mill-town boyhood to create the world of George and Marguerite Martin and their eight children, each endowed with an energy and a vision of life. The Town and the City is vividly drawn with poetic prose, lacking the stream-of-consciousness style of his later works.
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- Jack Kerouac, Douglas Brinkley
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Mar 22, 2016 · A quintessential American family is pulled apart by war and the rapidly changing tides of society in Jack Kerouac’s captivating first novel.
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Nov 14, 2022 · The town and the city. by. Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Publication date. 1984. Topics. Beats (Persons) -- Fiction, Beatniks -- Romans, nouvelles, etc, Beats (Persons) Publisher. Reinbek bei Hamburg : Rowohlt.
Mar 22, 2016 · Inspired by Kerouac’s own New England youth, the eight Martin children enjoy an idyllic upbringing in a small Massachusetts mill-town. Middle son Peter, a budding...
Apr 1, 2001 · Jack Kerouac The town and the city (Penguin Modern Classics) /anglais. Paperback – April 1, 2001. Originally published seven years before his iconic On the Road, Jack Kerouac’s debut novel follows the experiences of one family as they navigate the seismic cultural shifts following World War II.
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