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Minor Characters : A Beat Memoir| Media: | Paperback | | Author: | Joyce Johnson | | Publisher: | Penguin (Non-Classics) | | Release date: | 01 July, 1999 | | List price: | $15.00 |
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She makes getting a cup of coffee in the Village exciting. |
| I picked up this book because a friend recommended it. The Beats had never much interested me except as a movement. I didn't much like the the literature or the adulation that surrounded them. But this is primarily a book about Joyce Johnson and her experience with the Beats. She has a real talent for evoking a specific time and place and giving readers a sense of what it was like to be part of this mileu. She makes going for a cup of coffee in Greenwich Village seem incredibly exciting. This is not the story of a Beat groupie yearning to hang out or sleep with famous men but rather Ms. Johnson's coming of age. The Beats are an important part of that story but not the whole story. |
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amazing |
| One of the best books i've ever had the good fortune to read. It has truly changed my life. Most beat writers are so sexist...it was encouraging to read a woman's account. But this book stands on its own, separate from its genre. |
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A Very Pleasant Surprise! |
I picked up the book because I heard that Ms. Johnson
hung out with Kerouac in the time right before his
writing hit big. I was looking for her take on it all.
This book surprised me because it is so well written.
She provides an excellent insight as to the struggles
which the female beat writers faced. I would recommend
this to any young aspiring female writers. |
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