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Door wide open : a beat love affair in letters, 1957-1958 / Jack Kerouac and Joyce Johnson ; with an introduction and commentary by Joyce Johnson.
Van Pelt Library PS3521.E735 Z485 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969--Correspondence.
- Kerouac, Jack.
- Johnson, Joyce, 1935---Correspondence.
- Johnson, Joyce.
- Johnson, Joyce, 1935-.
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
- Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence.
- Authors, American.
- Beats (Persons).
- Love-letters.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Biographies.
- Personal correspondence.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 182 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2000.
- Summary:
- "Door Wide Open" is a moving collection of love letters between two major figures of the Beat generation. Reflecting upon these tumultuous years, Johnson seamlessly interweaves letters and commentary, making the story of her affair with Kerouac as compelling as an epistolary novel.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0670890405
- OCLC:
- 42771995
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