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When I Was Cool: My Life at the Jack Kerouac School de Sam Kashner

When I Was Cool: My Life at the Jack Kerouac School

Autor Sam Kashner
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2005
First student of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Sam Kashner tells with humor and grace his life with the Beats. But the best story is Kashner himself -- the coming-of-age of a young man in the chaotic world of the very idols he hoped to emulate.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780060005672
ISBN-10: 006000567X
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperPerennial

Recenzii

“Engaging [and] illuminating.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“Consistently funny … moving and always sharply observed.” — Rocky Mountain News
“Hilarious and touching.” — Newsday
“[This] headlong, infectious tales honors the author’s youthful idols by remembering them with tenderness and affection” — Time Out New York
“A memoir worth some howling.” — Entertainment Weekly
“Witty and warm grace notes to the cool history of the Beats.” — Kirkus Reviews
[Kashner’s] memoir is about enlightenment, the kind that comes from looking back with compassion but with eyes wide open — Booklist
“Fond, funny and finally heartbreaking.” — Village Voice

Notă biografică

Sam Kashner is the author of four nonfiction books, including the memoir When I Was Cool: My Life at the Jack Kerouac School, and one novel, Sinatraland. He has written extensively for Vanity Fair as a contributing editor.

Nancy Schoenberger is the author of Dangerous Muse: the Life of Lady Caroline Blackwood; Wayne and Ford: the Films, The Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero; and three prize-winning books of poetry. She teaches at The College of William and Mary where she directs the Creative Writing Program.