Big Sur

2019 Reprint of 1962 Edition. Coming down from his carefree youth and unwanted fame Jack Kerouac undertakes a mature confrontation of some of his most troubling emotional issues: a burgeoning problem with alcoholism addiction fear and insecurity. He dutifully records his ever-changing states of consciousness which culminate in a powerful religious experience. Big Sur was written sometime after Jack Kerouacs best-known works following a visit to northern California and the first feelings of midlife crisis. Kerouac stayed for several weeks in a cabin in Big Sur California and with friends in San Francisco. Upon returning home he wrote this account in a two-week period. Critic Richard Meltzer referred to Big Sur as Kerouacs masterpiece and one of the great great works of the English language.