{"product_id":"big-sur","title":"Big Sur","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBig Sur\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJack Kerouac\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e0140168125\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1992\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant masterpiece of wrenching personal expression from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In many ways, particularly in the lyrical immediacy that is his distinctive glory, this is Kerouac's best book . . . certainly he has never displayed more 'gentle sweetness.'\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJack Kerouac's alter ego Jack Duluoz, overwhelmed by success and excess, gravitates back and forth between wild binges in San Francisco and an isolated cabin on the California coast where he attempts to renew his spirit and clear his head of madness and alcohol. Only nature seems to restore him to a sense of balance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the words of Allen Ginsberg, \u003ci\u003e Big Sur\u003c\/i\u003e \"reveals consciousness in all its syntactic elaboration, detailing the luminous emptiness of his own paranoiac confusion.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Big Sur | Jack Kerouac | Paperback | 0140168125 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks G 1770181","offer_id":49518400307352,"sku":"1770181","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/815J1iG4DiL.jpg?v=1784622615","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/big-sur","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}