Milos Nikodijevic Nikodijevic itibaren Shiudih, Bihar, Hindistan itibaren Shiudih, Bihar, Hindistan

This was a story set during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and gave some chilling descriptions of life immediately post storm. I really enjoyed this book and the people of New Orleans with the courage and strength to get up each morning and face unbelievable odds. From this author "Life did not stop. No matter how much you wanted it to. No matter what happened to you, no matter how much you lost, you still had to get up in the morning, go out there and do it again." and "even though some things could not be undone, they could be survived. They could be accepted. One could lay back and howl at the moon, or one could take whatever came, handle it, and then move on."

The love affair of The Subterraneans reminds me a bit of Maggie Cassidy, but without the beauty. It seemed as though Kerouac was escaping into some difficult tangeants that at times took a little too much brain power to follow. His prose often reveals elements of brilliant insight, but these moments were a little sparse here. Pic takes the tone of a more narrative/travelling story. More often than not, I don't like accents to be written on the page, but in this instance it works well to force you into the shoes of an African American boy from North Carolina. The tale is a little ordinary (especially within the context of Kerouac's world) and works more as an example of writing in character than as a prophetic yarn. Thankfully though, both stories have all the trademark style that makes Kerouace so beautiful to read. Sure I'm a fan of the man, so this three star rating should position this book at the lower end of the Kerouac scale.

good, but a little hard to read. I thought maybe now that he was all grown up he would have gotten past his messed-up childhoold and this would be a cheerful book. hardly...