A Blue Hand
The Tragicomic, Mind-Altering Odyssey of Allen Ginsberg, a Holy Fool, a Lost Muse, a Dharma Bum, and His Prickly Bride in India
Published on 27. January 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-14-311483-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this engrossing new piece of Beat history, Pulitzer Prize finalist Deborah Baker takes us back to the moment when America's edgiest writers looked to India for answers as India looked to the West. It was 1961 when Allen Ginsberg left New York by boat for Bombay, where he hoped to meet poets Gary Snyder and Joanne Kyger. Baker follows Ginsberg and his companions as they travel from ashram to opium den. Exposing an overlooked chapter of the literary past, A Blue Hand will delight all those who continue to cherish the frenzied creativity of the Beats.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
362 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-311483-3 (9780143114833)
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Deb Baker
A Blue Hand
The Tragicomic, Mind-Altering Odyssey of Allen Ginsberg, a Holy Fool, a Lost Muse, a Dharma Bum, and His Prickly Bride in India
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04/2008
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