Pic

by Jack Kerouac

Overview

Pic is a small, Black child from North Carolina who, upon his grandfather and caregiver’s death, is taken by his brother from his aunt’s dysfunctional home to live with him in New York City. Once there, Pic witnesses his brother’s hardships after he loses both his jobs in one day and must send his pregnant girlfriend to live with her sister in San Francisco. The brothers must then hitch and bum their way across the country to reunite with her.

Pic es un niño afroamericano de Carolina del Norte quien, luego de la muerte de su abuelo y cuidador, es rescatado del hogar disfuncional de su tía por su hermano para mudarse con él a Nueva York. Allí Pic es testigo de los infortunios de su hermano cuando pierde dos trabajos en un mismo día y es forzado a enviar a su novia embarazada a vivir con su hermana en San Francisco. Los hermanos entonces necesitarán hacer autostop y vagabundear a través del país para poder reunirse con ella.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802160843
Publisher:	Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Publication date:	01/23/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	675 KB

About the Author

JACK KEROUAC was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. He won a scholarship to Columbia University, where he first met Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs. On the Road, published in 1957, epitomized to the world what became known as the “Beat generation” and made Kerouac one of the best-known writers of his time. He died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Jack Kerouac:

“Each book by Kerouac is unique, a telepathic discord.”—Allen Ginsberg

“An outsider in America, Jack Kerouac was a true original.”—Ann Charters

“Kerouac’s work represents the most extensive experiment in language and literary form undertaken by an American writer of his generation.”—Ann Douglas

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