Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac - Softcover

Nicosia, Gerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520085698 ISBN 13: 9780520085695

Publisher: University of California Press, 1994

Synopsis

In 1969 Jack Kerouac died a premature death. While his legendary lifestyle and unique creative talent made him a hero in his lifetime, his literary influence has grown steadily since. With Memory Babe (a childhood nickname honoring Kerouac's feats of memory), Gerald Nicosia gives us a complete biography of Jack Kerouac—an honest, discriminating and, above all, compassionate assessment. This edition is enhanced by many rare photographs never before published.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"By far the best of the many books published about Jack Kerouac's life and work, accurately and clearly written, with a sure feeling for Jack's own prose."—William S. Burroughs

"Gerald Nicosia's dedicated scholarship in Memory Babe has added important new material that significantly expands our knowledge of Kerouac and his literary achievement."—Ann Charters, editor of The Portable Beat Reader

From the Back Cover:

"By far the best of the many books published about Jack Kerouac's life and work, accurately and clearly written, with a sure feeling for Jack's own prose." (William S. Burroughs)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0520085698
• ISBN 13: 9780520085695
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 767