{"product_id":"big-sur-9780140168129","title":"Big Sur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant masterpiece of wrenching personal expression from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this 1962 novel, 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. In 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140168129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.04w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/11\/2009 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634745733276,"sku":"9780140168129","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9be92177-051b-47da-8469-807970fcdc30.jpg?v=1603837545","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/big-sur-9780140168129","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}