- Paperback
- Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics); Reprint edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140179070
- ISBN-13: 978-0140179071
- Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #190,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Visions Of Cody + an editor= On The road,
By A Customer
This review is from: Visions of Cody (Paperback)
I read On the Road over 30 years ago in college. I was hooked and within two years I read everything JK had written. I bought a first edition of Visions Of Cody some years later and found it a monumental bore. While I'll nod to the readers that get off on the experimental nature of the prose, for someone like me, who thinks On The Road and The Dharma Bums are almost perfect, Cody is not much more than the rough cut...very rough...for On The Road.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
worst, last Kerouac to read.,
By dudesimon "dudesimon" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Visions of Cody (Paperback)
As much as I love Kerouac, this one is just too muddled to be of much use. That reviewer who said this hooked him on Kerouac for life scares the hell out of me. There is only so much dope-addled rambling a person can take. When Jack and Cody start tossing nonsense at each other, just mumbling stuff, well, that's an interesting take on poetry for a page or two, but not for hundreds of pages. Read everything else by Kerouac. If that's not enough, then give this a shot. You probably won't finish it anyway. Sure, there's a gem here and there, but it's hardly worth the hunt when there's so much other kick-butt Kerouac out there.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing -- Truly Amazing -- Don't Miss It!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Visions of Cody (Paperback)
This book contains everything that Kerouac did best, his long rambling descriptions of the world around him, his fantasy insights into the loneliness of everyone he passed and watched. It in essence captures the beat generation even more artfully than ON THE ROAD, and works as a more philosophical piece. It also stands as a great companion to ON THE ROAD; it is book that really is a necessity to read if you are going to read ON THE ROAD because it gives a more detailed look at Neal Cassady, presents a more in depth vision of his philosophy of America and shows strongly his Whitmanian influences and ideals, while holding a heartbreaking sadness and loneliness for what he sees at the heart of all man kind. It reads like poetry and, though it's not to be rushed through, moves quickly and insightfully through the post war generations reality. Don't miss this beautiful reading experience! Pick up VISIONS OF CODY right away! You won't be sorry! Another novel I recommend, an Amazon quick-pick, is THE LOSERS CLUB by Richard Perez
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