Big Sur Study Guide

Big Sur is the story of the adventures and misadventures of Jack Kerouac over a summer he was invited to spend secluded in a California cabin to recuperate from a life overtaken by drinking and parties. He spends three restorative weeks there before becoming despondent and thinking he needs people again and then sets in motion a whole string of weeks of drinking and traveling back and forth from San Francisco to the cabin at Big Sur, culminating in his first experience of alcohol-induced madness. (read more)