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by Jack Kerouac (Author)
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  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo; Re-issue edition (12 Sep 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0586091181
  • ISBN-13: 978-0586091180
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 199,923 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Kerouac's classic tale of Buddhist Enlightenment, on the road in Paris! 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. While conversing with a cab driver he experiences, all of a sudden, a 'satori' -- the Japanese term for a 'sudden awakening'; the Enlightenment of Zen Buddhism. Or as Kerouac calls it, 'a kick in the eye!'


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Jack Kerouac was born in 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts, the youngest of three children in a French-Canadian family. Having left college, he joined the merchant marines and began the restless wanderings that were to continue for the greater part of his life. His first novel, The Town and the City, was published in 1950. On the Road, although written in 1951 (in a few hectic days on a scroll of newsprint), was not published until 1957 -- it made him one of the most controversial and best-known writers of his time. Publication of his many other books, among them The Subterraneans, Doctor Sax and Desolation Angels, followed. Jack Kerouac died in St. Petersburg, Florida at the age of forty-seven.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I am just in love with Kerouac, 31 Jan 2003
It's as simple as that! He can do no wrong in my eyes and so I think that perhaps I am somewhat biased in my views of his great pieces of genius and mind - okay, so you see? It depends on what genre you are in to. It is all about your style of writing. Are you okay with stream of consciousness, rambles about nothing and something and everything, are you okay with reading about someone else loves where there isn't really a beginning, middle and end, but you do on the other hand get to meet the most interesting, charming, intelligent people along the way! The thing is, people that you think you could actually be friends with. If you are shaking your head, and you want an AS Byatt (who don't get me wrong, I do adore) then perhaps Kerouac, any Kerouac, is not for you - but if you are like me and just want to be a part of his journesy, no matter where - then oh man, what a man!
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4.0 out of 5 stars We'll always have Paris, 14 Sep 2006
By Mim "Colours" (Out there) - See all my reviews
Years after dipping into "On the Road" and not being that impressed, I decided to give Kerouac another go. After reading "Satori in Paris", I experienced my own Satori. Kerouac's free flowing prose and his adventures in Paris and Brittany are engaging and easy to get into. He's attempting to trace his French roots and in doing so, meets various colourful characters, via a beverage or two.

Satori means enlightenment or awakening and Kerouac discovers this feeling on his French mini-odyssey. A good introduction to the man and his work.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Satori in Paris, 9 May 2009
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This is the story of Jack Kerouac going to France (Paris and Brittany) to trace his roots. It is written in a languid style and you can almost hear the author narrating it. It is an easy read and was my first Jack Kerouac novel and it is very enjoyable. A good read on the train or in bed, in fact anywhere.
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