A Blue Hand
The Tragicomic, Mind-Altering Odyssey of Allen Ginsberg, a Holy Fool, a Lost Mus e, a Dharma Bum, and His Prickly Bride in India
Nonfiction, Travel, Asia, India, Biography & Memoir, Literary, History
| Author: | Deb Baker | ISBN: | 9781440629310 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | April 10, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Deb Baker |
| ISBN: | 9781440629310 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | April 10, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
