The Town and the City
Paperback 512 pages English October 21, 1970
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"It is the sum of myself, as far as the written word can go."-- Kerouac on The Town and the City. Kerouac's debut novel is a great coming of age story which can be read as the essential prelude to his later classics. 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. Fans of Kerouac as well as Steinbeck, will be enthralled by this dramatic family saga capped by a final scene that poignantly sets up On the Road.
- Author:
- Jack Kerouac
- Publisher:
- Mariner Books
- Publication Date:
- October 21, 1970
- Number of pages:
- 512 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0156907909
- ISBN-13:
- 9780156907903