Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Desolation Angels
Book Review: "Well, on with the details, which is the life of it--"
Summary: 5 Stars
I covet my copy: a crazy paperback filled cover to cover with pronouns (and margin to margin with scribbles of my own). _Desolation Angels_ is a book for anyone who has sat about and watched _people_, itched to shed the grammatical ball and chain, or found themselves enthralled with 'beat' vernacular (whatever that is). Don't go looking for a plot, 'cause there isn't one: it is a story of the everyday... the meticulous... the monotonous... and it _can be_ just that if you're not fascinated by jack's lunatic need to describe people and their habits/situations/souls with such ravenous lucidity. Yea, I worship it.Book Review: A Trifle Over-Rated
Summary: 3 Stars
For some readers who found this book after reading some of Kerouac's more conventional literary works, this novel may come off as a bit tedious. Kerouac wasn't that great an experimental novelist, or at least not as graceful with spontaneous prose and extra-sensory perceptive description as his pier William S. Burroughs, as exemplified by the book's more incoherent and often undermanaged meanderings. As a piece of creative autobiography, however, the novel is a symbolic giant of originality, fearlessly defying traditional literary convention and organization. For those seeking out Kerouac for more traditional entertainment, however, the novel proves far more complex than a single reading may warrant.Book Review: A book like candy (read it with love)
Summary: 5 Stars
Perfect, absolutly perfect. Just like Dharma Bums, I had to take my time reading this book because every WORD is so important. Kerouac is a god.Book Review: A collection of experiences
Summary: 5 Stars
A revolutionary novel important to all times and all people, Desolation Angels is a journey into the life experiences of another person. The unorthodoxy of this life that was Jack Kerouac gives us insight into what it is to be humanBook Review: A great book...
Summary: 5 Stars
From Desolation Peak to the down trodden journey on a beat-up boxcar this book was fantastic. As far as one of his better books, it's not, but hey all of them are fantastic. It really gives you a great feel for what the travler-beat was all about.