{"product_id":"2940170657247","title":"The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac","description":"\u003cp\u003e   In \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Voice Is All\u003c\/span\u003e, Joyce Johnson¿coauthor of the classic memoir \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDoor Wide Open\u003c\/span\u003e, about her relationship with Jack Kerouac¿brilliantly peels away layers of the Kerouac legend to show how, caught between two cultures and two languages, he forged a voice to contain his dualities.  Looking more deeply than previous biographers into how Kerouac's French Canadian background enriched his prose and gave him a unique outsider's vision of America, she  tracks his development from boyhood through the phenomenal breakthroughs of 1951 that resulted in the composition of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/span\u003e, followed by \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eVisions of Cody\u003c\/span\u003e. By illuminating Kerouac's early choice to sacrifice everything for his work, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Voice Is All\u003c\/span\u003e deals with him on his own terms and puts the tragic contradictions of his nature and his complex relationships into perspective.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100021014768,"sku":"2940170657247","price":22.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170657247_p0.jpg?v=1763807947","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170657247","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}