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Driven mad by three years of endless telegrams, phonecalls, mail, reporters and snoopers in the wake of his hugely successful novel On the Road, Jack Kerouac, 'King of the Beats', needs peace, quiet and sobriety: surrounded and outnumbered he has to 'get away to solitude again or die'. Amidst the wild beauty of the Californian landscape, Kerouac struggles to come to terms with his own myth and its malign impact upon his life.

Arguably his finest post- On the Road novel, Big Sur captures Kerouac (here named Jack Duluoz) trying to escape the clamor of beatnik adulation by retreating to Lawrence Ferlinghetti's peaceful cabin in Big Sur. What begins as a pastoral regeneration descends into a personal hell when Kerouac suffers an alcoholic breakdown.

Dive into Big Sur, a timeless classic from the iconic bohemian traveler, Jack Kerouac. The narrative, told through the eyes of Jack Dulouz - a character largely inspired by Kerouac himself, orbits around his struggle to balance the unexpected fame from his successful writing career and his personal battle with alcoholism. The backdrop for this introspective journey is the serene and isolated cabin in the heart of Big Sur, California. (Narration by Ben Tucker)

Jack Duluoz (Kerouac) ha publicado una novela ( En el camino ) que ha alcanzado un gran éxito, pero la fama es como una fiera que lo devora. Huyendo de la imagen que los críticos y los lectores se han forjado de él, en junio de 1960 se refugia en una cabaña que su amigo Lorenzo Monsanto (Lawrence Ferlinghetti en la vida real) tiene en la costa californiana de Big Sur, entre San Francisco y Los Ángeles, donde medita, sufre alucinaciones, escribe poemas místicos, bebe como un cosaco, recibe visitas, se droga y evoca el pasado.