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This book is an exploration of Jack Kerouac, the writer that a whole generation turned into their reluctant spokesman. Duval gives a voice to key figures from that movement: the poet Allen Ginsberg; Carolyn Cassadys wife and Kerouacs lover; Joyce Johnson, who was in a relationship with the writerwhen he became famous; Timothy Leary, the psychedelic guru of the sixties; Anne Waldman, beat poet; and Ken Kesey, a central figure of American counter-culture. Through their stories, we investigate the mysterious figure of Jack Kerouac, the man who wrote the most important novel of his generation to...

En las páginas de este diario, el distinguido historiador de las religiones retrata a sus amistades, intelectuales y artistas de todo el mundo: Teilhard de Chardin, Henri Michaux, Georges Bataille, Georges Dumézil, Henry Corbin, Ionesco, Brancusi, Cioran, Papini, Jung, Borges, Benedetto Croce, Jünger, y muchos más. Los recuerdos rumanos, la tristeza, la alegría y la nostalgia transforman el diario en la historia apasionante de un hombre, y en un documento de proyección internacional. Este diario de un filósofo es también el de un poeta cuya fuerza espiritual y confianza en el poder...

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