Mexico City Blues: 242 Choruses

ISBN: 0802130607

Author: Kerouac, Jack

Condition: New

One of the renowned Beat writers most formally inventive books, Mexico City Blues is Jack Kerouacs essential work of lyric verse, now reissued following his centenary celebrationWritten between 1954 and 1957, and published originally by Grove Press in 1959, Mexico City Blues is Kerouacs most important verse work. It incorporates all the elements of his theory of spontaneous composition and his interest in Buddhism. Memories, fantasies, dreams, and surrealistic free association are lyrically combined in the loose format inspired by jazz and the blues. Written while Kerouac was living in Mexico City, and with references to William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and Bill Garver, this exciting book in Kerouacs oeuvre is an original and moving epic of sound, rhythm, and religion.