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Truth and Beautiful Meaningful Lies is a collection of memorable
quotes from one of the most quoted writers in American literature.
One of the most celebrated writers in American literature, Jack
Kerouac helped an entire generation of post-WWII Americans explore
a purpose beyond the standard narrative values, spiritual
ideologies, and economic materialism that was rampant throughout
pre-war America. Alongside prominent beat writers like Allen
Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, Kerouac crafted a magnum opus
that would later be connected to counterculture movements
throughout the 1960s. His extensive collection of novels, short
stories, poetry, journals, letters, and other writings are often
littered with long-winded reflections, observations, proclamations,
and other mad ramblings about life, love, loss, loneliness, and the
search for a new American identity. Constantly pivoting from a
recluse searching “...once and for all what is the meaning of all
this existence and suffering and going to and fro in vain,” to a
seasoned road-warrior exploring the country and sifting through the
profound philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Taoism, and the meaning of
Dharma, Kerouac’s spontaneous style of prose generates a kind of
unpolished wisdom that leaves a lasting impression long after
reading. The insights and quotes assembled in this book have been
woven into a patchwork of reoccurring themes found throughout
Kerouac’s writings, such as adventure, life, self-reflection, and
spirituality are heavily featured, but more niche quotes around
topics like cats, coffee, music, and sports can also be found. This
collection pulls from prominent novels such as Big Sur,
Desolation Angels, The Dharma Bums, On the Road: The Original
Scroll, The Subterraneans, Tristessa, Vanity of
Duluoz, and Visions of Cody, as well as some of
his selected short stories, poems, letters, and journals. Whether
you’re new to Kerouac, searching for inspiration in his words, or
are a self-proclaimed “mad one” looking to make sense of it
all, this quote book will undoubtedly serve as a go-to reference
for the discerning Kerouac reader.
He was the leading light of the Beat Generation writers and the
most dynamic author of his time, but Jack Kerouac also had a
lifelong passion for music, particularly the mid-century jazz of
New York City, the development of which he witnessed first-hand
during the 1940s with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and
Thelonious Monk to the fore. The novelist, most famous for his 1957
book On the Road, admired the sounds of bebop and attempted to
bring something of their original energy to his own writing, a
torrent of semi-autobiographical stories he published between 1950
and his early death in 1969. Yet he was also drawn to American
popular music of all kinds - from the blues to Broadway ballads -
and when he came to record albums under his own name, he married
his unique spoken word style with some of the most talented
musicians on the scene. Kerouac's musical legacy goes well beyond
the studio recordings he made himself: his influence infused
generations of music makers who followed in his work - from
singer-songwriters to rock bands. Some of the greatest
transatlantic names - Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison
and David Bowie, Janis Joplin and Tom Waits, Sonic Youth and Death
Cab for Cutie, and many more - credited Kerouac's impact on their
output. In Kerouac on Record, we consider how the writer brought
his passion for jazz to his prose and poetry, his own record
releases, the ways his legacy has been sustained by numerous more
recent talents, those rock tributes that have kept his memory alive
and some of the scores that have featured in Hollywood adaptations
of the adventures he brought to the printed page.
He was the leading light of the Beat Generation writers and the
most dynamic author of his time, but Jack Kerouac also had a
lifelong passion for music, particularly the mid-century jazz of
New York City, the development of which he witnessed first-hand
during the 1940s with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and
Thelonious Monk to the fore. The novelist, most famous for his 1957
book On the Road, admired the sounds of bebop and attempted to
bring something of their original energy to his own writing, a
torrent of semi-autobiographical stories he published between 1950
and his early death in 1969. Yet he was also drawn to American
popular music of all kinds - from the blues to Broadway ballads -
and when he came to record albums under his own name, he married
his unique spoken word style with some of the most talented
musicians on the scene. Kerouac's musical legacy goes well beyond
the studio recordings he made himself: his influence infused
generations of music makers who followed in his work - from
singer-songwriters to rock bands. Some of the greatest
transatlantic names - Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison
and David Bowie, Janis Joplin and Tom Waits, Sonic Youth and Death
Cab for Cutie, and many more - credited Kerouac's impact on their
output. In Kerouac on Record, we consider how the writer brought
his passion for jazz to his prose and poetry, his own record
releases, the ways his legacy has been sustained by numerous more
recent talents, those rock tributes that have kept his memory alive
and some of the scores that have featured in Hollywood adaptations
of the adventures he brought to the printed page.
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