Libros de Jean-françois Duval (2 libros)

Este libro es una indagación sobre Jack Kerouac, el escritor al que toda una generación erigió en portavoz a su pesar. Duval da voz a personajes clave de aquellos años: el poeta Allen Ginsberg; Carolyn Cassady, mujer de Neal Cassady y amante de Kerouac; Joyce Johnson, que mantenía una relación sentimental con el escritor cuando le llegó la fama; Timothy Leary, gurú de la psicodelia en los sesenta; Anne Waldman, poeta beat; y Ken Kesey, personaje central de la contracultura norteamericana. A través de ellos indagamos, en primer lugar, el misterio de Jack Kerouac, ese tipo que...

This book is an exploration of Jack Kerouac, the writer that a whole generation turned into their reluctant spokesman. Duval gives a voice to key figures from that movement: the poet Allen Ginsberg; Carolyn Cassadys wife and Kerouacs lover; Joyce Johnson, who was in a relationship with the writerwhen he became famous; Timothy Leary, the psychedelic guru of the sixties; Anne Waldman, beat poet; and Ken Kesey, a central figure of American counter-culture. Through their stories, we investigate the mysterious figure of Jack Kerouac, the man who wrote the most important novel of his generation to...