New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2001. reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Kerouac's first novel in the B&N Modern Classics series. Jacket shows slight rubbing else book and jacket are As New in all respects, clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. from Wikipedia: "This was the first major work published by Kerouac, who later became famous for his second novel On the Road (1957). Like all of Jack Kerouac's major works, The Town and the City is essentially an autobiographical novel, though less directly so than most of his other works. The Town and the City was written in a conventional manner over a period of years, and much more novelistic license was taken with this work than after Kerouac's adoption of quickly written "spontaneous prose". The Town and the City was written before Kerouac had developed his own style, and it is heavily influenced by Thomas Wolfe (even down to the title, reminiscent of Wolfe titles such as The Web and the Rock)." Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

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In his first novel, The Town and the City , Kerouac draws on his experience in a New England quiet mill-working town to create the very standard American world of George and Marguerite Martin and their children. More accessible than Kerouac's later, more free-form verse, this novel follows in detail the life and growth of three of the Martin brothers as they move up and out of their home and into broader America. "When the railroad trains moaned, and river-winds blew, bringing echoes through the vale, it was as if a wild hum of voices, the dear voices of everybody he had known, were crying: "Peter, Peter! Where are you going, Peter?" And a big soft gust of rain came down. He put up the collar of his jacket, and bowed his head, and hurried along."

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Bookseller: The Book Shed (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1002545
Title: The Town and the City
Author: Jack Kerouac
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: near fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: reprint
ISBN 10: 0760724105
ISBN 13: 9780760724101
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2001

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