Kerouac Y La Generación Beat

Este libro es una indagacion sobre Jack Kerouac, el escritor al que toda una generacion erigio en portavoz a su pesar. Duval da voz a personajes clave de aquellos anos: el poeta Allen Ginsberg; Carolyn Cassady, mujer de Neal Cassady y amante de Kerouac; Joyce Johnson, que mantenia una relacion sentimental con el escritor cuando le llego la fama; Timothy Leary, guru de la psicodelia en los sesenta; Anne Waldman, poeta beat; y Ken Kesey, personaje central de la contracultura norteamericana. A traves de ellos indagamos, en primer lugar, el misterio de Jack Kerouac, ese tipo que escribio la novela mas emblematica de su generacion para luego caer en el alcoholismo y la desolacion. El resultado es un autentico fresco de la generacion beat. / This book is an exploration of Jack Kerouac, the writer that a whole generation turned into their reluctant spokesman. Duval gives a voice to key figures from that movement: the poet Allen Ginsberg; Carolyn Cassadys wife and Kerouacs lover; Joyce Johnson, who was in a relationship with the writerwhen he became famous; Timothy Leary, the psychedelic guru of the sixties; Anne Waldman, beat poet; and Ken Kesey, a central figure of American counter-culture. Through their stories, we investigate the mysterious figure of Jack Kerouac, the man who wrote the most important novel of his generation to later fall into the depths of alcoholism and despair. The result is an authentic fresco of the beat generation.