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Satori in Paris is a 1966 novella by American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac. It is a short, autobiographical tale of Kerouac's trip to Paris, then Brittany, to research his genealogy. Kerouac relates his trip in a tumbledown fashion as a lonesome traveler.
- Jack Kerouac
- 1966
Although he was born and raised in Massachusetts, Jack Kerouac's family was French-Canadian, a fact of which he was proud. Published in 1967, when Kerouac was at the height of his fame, this book tells the story of a ten-day visit to Paris and Brittany in search of his ancestors.
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Satori in Paris. Although he was born and raised in Massachusetts, Jack Kerouac's family was French-Canadian, a fact of which he was proud. Published in 1967, when Kerouac was at the height...
- Jack Kerouac
- Flamingo, 1967
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Satori in Paris. by. Jack Kerouac. Publication date. 1967-01-01. Publisher. Andre Deutsch. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
In 'Satori in Paris' Jack Kerouac, a footloose American of French-Canadian parentage, voyages to France to seek the origins of his surname! But it is also, perhaps more than any of his other novels, a book about Kerouac's lifelong love affair with Eastern mysticism.
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Jan 29, 2022 · Satori in Paris. by. Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. Publication date. 1973. Topics. Beats (Persons) -- Fiction, Beats (Persons), Travel, France -- Description and travel, France. Publisher. London : Quartet Books.
May 27, 2020 · Landing in Paris on 1 June, 1965 and travelling to Brittany, Kerouac, who recounted his expedition in Satori in Paris (1966), was determined to find traces of his ancestor, a 17 th-century Breton who emigrated to Canada.
