Written some time after his best-known works, Big Sur follows Jack Kerouac's comedown from his carefree youth and unwanted fame, presenting his mature confrontation of some of his most troubling emotional issues.
Duluoz, the protagonist previously of DOCTOR SAX, has written a book entitled ON THE ROAD. Suddenly, he's deified by young people who pursue him in search of wisdom. Overwhelmed, Duluoz runs to Big Sur, to revisit his own past. Alcoholic, alone in his cabin, he disintegrates--then goes back home.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Arts + Entertainment, Conflicts + Dualities, General, Types of Characters, Human Qualities + Behavior, Literary Genres + Types of Novels, Society + Social Issues
- Publisher: Penguin Group USA
- Pages: 212
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: April 26, 2011
- Date Published: April 26, 2011
- Author: Jack Kerouac
- Illustrator: Rob Admiraal