Desolation Angels
Jack Kerouacno description yet..
| status | Copy #1 (5389): in |
|---|---|
| genre | Literature and Fiction » Beat Generation |
| publisher | Riverhead Books |
| publish date | 1995 |
| popularity | checked out 3 time(s) |
Reviews
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Activism and Human Rights
Adventure
Anarchism
Art
Biography
Children's
Cultural Studies
Drugs
Fantasy
Field Guide
Food
Games
Hard Science
Health
History
Horror
Humor and Satire
Language
Literature and Fiction
Magazine
Magic
Music
Performance Arts
Philosophy
Sci-Fi
Sex & Gender
Social Science
Spirituality
Superhero
Utopian Studies
Jack picks up in Desolation Angels where he left off in Dharma Bums; working as a fire lookout at Desolation Peak in the nearby Cascade Mountains. However, his neurosis is seems much more pronounced in this book and I found myself feeling depressed at his consistent grimness. Nevertheless, it is a super interesting read, especially when you realize the extent to which Kerouac’s “fiction” is actually an autobiographical legend. There is no doubt that Kerouac suffered deeply the existential pains all of us encounter as conscious living beings, and he was able to capture these dark discoveries in words that when you read them, you are forced to confront the darkness that lives inside you, too. We are all “The Void”.