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Satori in paris by jack kerouac satori in paris reads like a poem in certain spots, before kerouac reverts back to his beatinfluenced narrative style. In satori in paris jack kerouac, a footloose american of frenchcanadian parentage, voyages to france to seek the origins of his surname. Kerouac s classic tale of buddhist enlightenment, on the road in paris. Published in 1967, when kerouac was at the height of his fame, this book tells the story of a tenday visit to paris and brittany in search of his ancestors. In addition to his novels, jack kerouac kehruhwak published mexico city blues 1959, a poetry collection intended to imitate the techniques of.
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