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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. Inspired by grief over his father's death and gripped by determination to write the Great American Novel, he draws largely on his own New England childhood.
In spontaneous, direct, and concrete verses, the author confesses his joy in poetry and life.
As he roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Kerouac records life on the road in prose of pure poetry. Standing on the engine of a train as it rushes past fields of prickly cactus; witnessing his first bullfight in Mexico while high on opium; meditating on a sunlit roof in Tangiers or falling in love with Montmartre - Kerouac reveals both the endless diversity of human life and his own particular philosophy of self-fulfillment.
Vejene er en milepæl i amerikansk litteratur. Bogen tager sin begyndelse, da Neal Cassady slutter sig til Jack Kerouac og Allen Ginsbergs kreds af litterære bohemer i New York. Cassady inspirerer dem til at rejse rundt i hele USA for at søge efter »en mistet arv, efter fædre, efter familien, efter et hjem, ja, efter selve Amerika«. Som sagt så gjort. Kerouacs bog kommer til at tegne et portræt af en generation af unge mennesker, der hverken kan eller vil indpasse sig i det etablerede amerikanske samfund anno 1947. Den er fuld af ungdommens livstørst og fandenivoldskhed og giver et medrivende litterært billede af et Amerika, der er ved at forvandles til blot en drøm. Denne udgave af Vejene er den legendariske første version af Kerouac’s selvbiografiske roman, som blev skrevet på en næsten 40 meter lang papirrulle. I modsætning til den senere version bruger det oprindelige manuskript hovedpersonernes autentiske navne frem for pseudonymer, og det rummer mere personligt stof, bl.a. om Kerouacs far. Det er en vildere og saftigere bog end den senere version. Vejene – det oprindelige manuskript udkommer her for første gang på dansk med forord af den danske digter Peter Laugesen.
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