{"product_id":"big-sur-9781684223169","title":"Big Sur","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jack Kerouac\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Martino Fine Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Martino Fine Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2019 Reprint of 1962 Edition. Coming down from his carefree youth and unwanted fame, Jack Kerouac undertakes a mature confrontation of some of his most troubling emotional issues: a burgeoning problem with alcoholism, addiction, fear, and insecurity. He dutifully records his ever-changing states of consciousness, which culminate in a powerful religious experience. \u003cem\u003eBig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Sur\u003c\/em\u003e was written sometime after Jack Kerouac's best-known works, following a visit to northern California and the first feelings of midlife crisis. Kerouac stayed for several weeks in a cabin in Big Sur, California, and with friends in San Francisco. Upon returning home, he wrote this account in a two-week period. Critic Richard Meltzer referred to Big Sur as Kerouac's 'masterpiece, and one of the great, great works of the English language.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46458174472343,"sku":"9781684223169","price":1211.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781684223169.webp?v=1769184533","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/big-sur-9781684223169","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}