Paradise road: Jack Kerouac's lost highway and my search for America

Jack Kerouacs 1950s landmark bestseller On the Road is a Beat Generation classic, chronicling the adventures and misadventures of Kerouacs travels crisscrossing North America with colorful companions Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg. Now gifted writer Jay Atkinson hits the road to retrace Kerouacs legendary journey today. How much has changed? What has remained the same? His experiences offer fascinating insights on American culture and society then and now, and illuminate his own quest for self-understanding and discovery. Contrasts the life and landscape of Jack Kerouacs 1940s and 1950s America with the country today Filled with unexpected adventures and strangers encountered on Atkinsons trips, from New York to New Orleans, Chicago, and Denver; down to Mexico City, and along the California coast. Reveals Atkinsons engaging reflections on the search for personal identity and self Absorbing and beautifully written, Paradise Road is essential reading for Kerouac fans as well as lovers of good travelmemoirs and anyone interested in American life and culture.Jay Atkinson, who has been called the bard of New England toughness by Mens Health Magazine, is the author of Legends of Winter Hill, which spent seven weeks on the Boston Globe hardcover bestseller list. He has written for many publications, including The New York Times, the Boston Globe, Newsday, Portland Oregonian, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Men's Health, Boston Sunday Herald, Runners World, and Boston magazine. His previous book, Ice Time: A Tale of Fathers, Sons and Hometown Heroes, was a Publishers Weekly Notable Book of the Year and reached #9 on the NEBA bestseller list. Atkinson has been nominated for the literary Pushcart Prize three times. He teaches journalism at Boston University.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-23769-4
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 31/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés