An edition of Les Souterrains (1958)

The Subterraneans

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An edition of Les Souterrains (1958)

The Subterraneans

Revised edition
  • 3.7 (3 ratings) ·
  • 33 Want to read
  • 5 Have read

The Subterraneans is a 1958 novella by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. It is a semi-fictional account of his short romance with an African American woman named Alene Lee (1931-1991) in New York in 1953. In the novel she is renamed "Mardou Fox," and described as a carefree spirit who frequents the jazz clubs and bars of the budding Beat scene of San Francisco. Other well-known personalities and friends from the author's life also appear thinly disguised in the novel. The character Frank Carmody is based on William Burroughs, and Adam Moorad on Allen Ginsberg. Even Gore Vidal appears as successful novelist Arial Lavalina. Kerouac's alter ego is named Leo Percepied, and his long-time friend Neal Cassady is mentioned only in passing as Leroy.

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Publisher
Grove Press
Language
English
Pages
111

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Podzemnye
Podzemnye: roman
2012, Azbuka
in Russian
Cover of: Los Subterraneos
Los Subterraneos
February 1997, Anagrama, Editorial Anagrama
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: The Subterraneans
The Subterraneans
January 27, 1994, Grove Press
Paperback in English - Revised edition
Cover of: Les souterrains
Les souterrains
1964, Gallimard
in French

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First Sentence

"ONCE I WAS YOUNG and had so much more orientation and could talk with nervous intelligence about everything and with clarity and without as much literary preambling as this; in other words this is the story of an unself-confident man, at the same time of an egomaniac, naturally, facetious won't do-just to start at the beginning and let the truth seep out, that's what I'll do-."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
111
Dimensions
8.2 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
Weight
4.8 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7874595M
Internet Archive
subterraneans00kero
ISBN 10
0802131867
ISBN 13
9780802131867
Library Thing
40757
Goodreads
330760

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