LEADER 03798nam 2200601 450 001 9910460257003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4529-4217-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000269910 035 $a(EBL)1826645 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001367464 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11861391 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001367464 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11444357 035 $a(PQKB)11054460 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1826645 035 $a(OCoLC)894171355 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse41904 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1826645 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10961807 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000269910 100 $a20140715d2014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAt the end of the road $eJack Kerouac in Mexico /$fJorge Garci?a-Robles ; translated by Daniel C. Schechter 210 1$aMinneapolis :$cUniversity of Minnesota Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (153 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-8065-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; Preface; 1; Belly of the Beast; A Supraliterary Trinity; The American Friend; 2; 3; This Land Is Our Land; Blue Sojourn; 4; The Sorrow of Jack Kerouac; 5; Adi?os Tristessa; Traveling Partners; 6; Rapture in Mexico; When the Earth Shook; 7; At the End of the Road; The Final Hitch; The Disguise of Innocence; Note on Sources 330 $a"We had finally found the magic land at the end of the road and we never dreamed the extent of the magic." Mexico, an escape route, inspiration, and ecstatic terminus of the celebrated novel On the Road, was crucial to Jack Kerouac's creative development. In this dramatic and highly compelling account, Jorge Garci?a-Robles, leading authority on the Beats in Mexico, re-creates both the actual events and the literary imaginings of Kerouac in what became the writer's revelatory terrain. Providing Kerouac an immediate spiritual freshness that contrasted with the staid society of the United States, Mexico was perhaps the single most important country in his life. Sourcing material from the Beat author's vast output and revealing correspondence, Garci?a-Robles vividly describes the milieu and people that influenced him while sojourning there and the circumstances between his myriad arrivals and departures. From the writer's initial euphoria upon encountering Mexico and its fascinating tableau of humanity to his tortured relationship with a Mexican prostitute who inspired his novella Tristessa, this volume chronicles Kerouac's often illusory view of the country while realistically detailing the incidents and individuals that found their way into his poetry and prose. In juxtaposing Kerouac's idyllic image of Mexico with his actual experiences of being extorted, assaulted, and harassed, Garci?a-Robles offers the essential Mexican perspective. Finding there the spiritual nourishment he was starved for in the United States, Kerouac held fast to his idealized notion of the country, even as the stories he recounts were as much literary as real."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography 606 $aAmericans$zMexico$vBiography 606 $aBeat generation$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 0$aAmericans 615 0$aBeat generation 676 $a813/.54 676 $aB 700 $aGarci?a-Robles$b Jorge$f1956-$01032326 702 $aSchechter$b Daniel C. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460257003321 996 $aAt the end of the road$92450628 997 $aUNINA