Big Sur, first published in 1962, was written by author and poet Jack Kerouac in the fall of 1961 over a tenday period. This Penguin edition reprint recounts Kerouacs (here known by the name of his fictional alterego Jack Duluoz) three brief stays at a cabin in Bixby Canyon, Big Sur, California, owned by Kerouacs friend and Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The novel depicts Jack Duluozs mental and physical deterioration. Despite his mainstream success with his earlier novels, Duluoz is unable to cope with his newfound fame and advancing alcoholism. He attempts to recover first in solitude in the cabin at Big Sur, and later in a relationship with Billie, the mistress of his longtime friend Cody Pomeray (in real life Neal Cassady). Duluoz is driven by loneliness to return to the city and resumes drinking heavily. An addendum to the book contains a freeverse poem by Kerouac "Sea Sounds of the Pacific Ocean at Big Sur", written from the perspective of the Pacific Ocean. A film adaptation of Big Sur, directed by Michael Polish, was released in 2013.

Binding: Paperback;250 pages; Publisher: Nighthawk Books; Classification: N/A; Weight: 369.48 g; Dimensions: N/A

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