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A review by docpacey
Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
3.0
This was my year-long "poetry" read for this year, even though it's more an autobiography than actual poetry.
Jack Kerouac once spent a summer at a forest lookout in the North Cascades: Desolation Peak, just across Ross Lake from the North Cascades Hiway. he wrote about his experience and the months that followed as he dealt with his burgeoning fame, his struggles with spirituality and his life as an Icon of the Beat Poets.
I was disappointed that Kerouac had nothing very good or interesting to say about living in solitude in nature. he wasn't inspired by it, did very little writing other than a diary and he couldn't wait to return to civilization.
More interesting were his travels from San Fran to Mexico City and his views on materialism and fame. It's obvious that during those days he was happiest hobo-ing around with only a rucksack, drinking wine and philosophizing with his poet friends, sleeping outside and being unburdened by any kind of responsibility.
Interesting, but not very artful.
Jack Kerouac once spent a summer at a forest lookout in the North Cascades: Desolation Peak, just across Ross Lake from the North Cascades Hiway. he wrote about his experience and the months that followed as he dealt with his burgeoning fame, his struggles with spirituality and his life as an Icon of the Beat Poets.
I was disappointed that Kerouac had nothing very good or interesting to say about living in solitude in nature. he wasn't inspired by it, did very little writing other than a diary and he couldn't wait to return to civilization.
More interesting were his travels from San Fran to Mexico City and his views on materialism and fame. It's obvious that during those days he was happiest hobo-ing around with only a rucksack, drinking wine and philosophizing with his poet friends, sleeping outside and being unburdened by any kind of responsibility.
Interesting, but not very artful.