The Subterraneans is a 1958 novella by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. It is a semi-fictional account of his short romance with an African American woman named Alene Lee (1931-1991) in New York in 1953. In the novel she is renamed "Mardou Fox," and described as a carefree spirit who …
Description
The Subterraneans is a 1958 novella by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. It is a semi-fictional account of his short romance with an African American woman named Alene Lee (1931-1991) in New York in 1953. In the novel she is renamed "Mardou Fox," and described as a carefree spirit who frequents the jazz clubs and bars of the budding Beat scene of San Francisco. Other well-known personalities and friends from the author's life also appear thinly disguised in the novel. The character Frank Carmody is based on William Burroughs, and Adam Moorad on Allen Ginsberg. Even Gore Vidal appears as successful novelist Arial Lavalina. Kerouac's alter ego is named Leo Percepied, and his long-time friend Neal Cassady is mentioned only in passing as Leroy.
External links
OpenLibraryIdentifiers
- Goodreads:
- 330760
Editions of The Subterraneans
Filters
The subterraneans
Paperback, 111 pages
English language
Published Aug. 26, 1998 by Grove Press.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8021-3186-7Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 34661275
Subterraneans
Paperback, 152 pages
English language
Published Jan. 26, 2000 by Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-27130-3Copied ISBN!
Les Souterrains
mass market paperback, 177 pages
French language
Published Jan. 21, 1985 by Gallimard.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-07-037690-2Copied ISBN!
The Subterraneans
Paperback, 126 pages
English language
Published Aug. 26, 1959 by Avon Publishing Co..
- OCLC Number:
- 807522
The Subterraneans
111 pages
English language
Published Jan. 27, 1994 by Grove Press.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8021-3186-7Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 330760
The Subterraneans
111 pages
English language
Published Aug. 26, 1958 by Grove Press.
- OCLC Number:
- 285385
I sotterranei
131 pages
Italian language
Published March 30, 1989
- ISBN:
- 978-88-07-80511-0Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 15994727
The Subterraneans
Mass Market Paperback
English language
Published Sept. 12, 1973 by Ballantine Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-23556-5Copied ISBN!
The subterraneans
152 pages
English language
Published Aug. 26, 1981 by Grove Press.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-394-17952-0Copied ISBN!
The subterraneans
94 pages
English language
Published Aug. 26, 1974 by New English Library.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-450-01733-9Copied ISBN!
The Subterraneans
Hardcover
Published Aug. 26, 1978 by Grove Press.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8021-4106-4Copied ISBN!
The subterraneans.
111 pages
English language
Published Aug. 26, 1958 by Grove Press.
- OCLC Number:
- 7589132
Can't find the edition you're looking for?