The Subterraneans
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This article is about the Jack Kerouac novella. For the film, see The Subterraneans (film). For the band, see Subterraneans (band).
The Subterraneans is a 1958 novella by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. It is a semi-fictional account of his short romance with Alene Lee (1931–1991), an African-American woman, in Greenwich Village, New York. It was the first work of Kerouac’s to be released following the success of On the Road. The Subterraneans and its following novel,The Dharma Bums, both proved to be popular when released in 1958, and are now seen as important works of the Beat Literature. A Hollywood film adaptation would be released in 1960.
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Author | Jack Kerouac |
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Cover artist | Roy Kuhlman |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Grove Press |
Publication date | 1958 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | Approx. 111 pp |
ISBN | 0-8021-3186-7 |
OCLC | 285385 |
Preceded by | On the Road (1957) |
Followed by | The Dharma Bums (1958) |
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