And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks Av Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs

And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks Av Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs

In alternating chapters that reveal a nascent period in their development as two of the twentieth century's most influential writers, Beat Generation icons William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac's And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is an electrifying true-life mystery, including afterword by James Grauerholtz......
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In alternating chapters that reveal a nascent period in their development as two of the twentieth century's most influential writers, Beat Generation icons William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac's And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is an electrifying true-life mystery, including afterword by James Grauerholtz in Penguin Modern Classics.This is a hardboiled crime novel, and a true story. In 1944, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs, then still unknown writers, were both arrested following a murder: one of their friends had stabbed another and then come to them for advice - neither had told the police. Later they wrote this fictionalised account of that summer - of a group of friends in wartime New York, moving through each other's apartments, drinking, necking, talking and taking drugs and haphazardly drifting towards a bloody crime. Unpublished for years, And the Hippos were Boiled in their Tanks is a remarkable insight into the lives and literary development of two great writers. If you enjoyed And the Hippos were Boiled in their Tanks, you might like Kerouac's On the Road, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'The novel that kicked it all off'Independent'An insight into Kerouac before he went on the road and Burroughs before his drug use spiralled out of control, this is a major literary event'GQ
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In alternating chapters that reveal a nascent period in their development as two of the twentieth century's most influential writers, Beat Generation icons William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac's And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is an electrifying true-life mystery, including afterword by James Grauerholtz in Penguin Modern Classics. This is a hardboiled crime novel, and a true story.In 1944, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs, then still unknown writers, were both arrested following a murder: one of their friends had stabbed another and then come to them for advice - neither had told the police. Later they wrote this fictionalised account of that summer - of a group of friends in wartime New York, moving through each other's apartments, drinking, necking, talking and taking drugs and haphazardly drifting towards a bloody crime. Unpublished for years, And the Hippos were Boiled in their Tanks is a remarkable insight into the lives and literary development of two great writers.If you enjoyed And the Hippos were Boiled in their Tanks, you might like Kerouac's On the Road, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'The novel that kicked it all off'Independent'An insight into Kerouac before he went on the road and Burroughs before his drug use spiralled out of control, this is a major literary event'GQ

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Oppdag Den Mørke Verden av "And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks"

Dyk inn i den fascinerende og atmosfæriske beretningen i And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks Av Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs. Dette hardkokte kriminalromanet tar deg med tilbake til 1944, til en tid preget av intensitet, ungdommelig opprør og en ukonvensjonell livsstil. Basert på en sann hendelse, utfolder historien seg gjennom kapitler skrevet av to av det 20. århundrets mest ikoniske forfattere, Kerouac og Burroughs, mens de navigerer gjennom et nettverk av vennskap, drikker og skriving i krigstidens New York.

En Uventet Fortelling

  • Forfattere: Jack Kerouac og William S. Burroughs
  • Sjanger: Hardkokt kriminalroman, Litteraturhistorie
  • Utgivelsesår: 1944

I And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks får leserne et unikt innblikk i det kreative prosessen til disse litterære gigantene. Boken beskriver en sommer hvor venner svever mellom hverandres leiligheter, uten ansvar og med en intensitet som fører til en tragisk krim. Handlingen følger en morder som oppsøker hjelp fra Kerouac og Burroughs, en svindel som setter dem i politiets søkelys.

Litterær Betydning

Gjennom denne romanen kan man se tidlig utvikling av Kerouacs og Burroughs' karakterer - uten filter. Dette er ikke bare en fortelling om en forbrytelse, men også en fascinerende refleksjon over kreativitet i vårt mest sårbare øyeblikk. Hvis du likte On the Road, vil denne boken gi deg et friskt perspektiv på to forfattere som definerte en generasjon.

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Ikke gå glipp av muligheten til å utforske "And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks". Med sin blendende prosa og grufulle hendelser, vil denne boken ikke bare underholde, men også gi deg et dypere innblikk i den kunstneriske sjelen bak litterære mesterverk. Er du klar til å bli trollbundet av historien?

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ForfatterKerouac, Jack
ForlagPenguin Books Ltd
Utgivelsesdato2009-08
Utgivelsesår2009
Generelt
TypeBøker
SjangerModerne skjønnlitteratur
FormatHeftet
SpråkEngelsk
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Nei
TypPapirbøker

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