{"product_id":"9780747540076-the-herbert-huncke-reader","title":"The Herbert Huncke Reader","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis reader contains the full texts of Herbert Huncke's out-of-print works, \"Huncke's Journal\" and \"The Evening Sun Turned Crimson\", and a wide selection from his other published and unpublished poems, stories, memoirs, letters and diaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerbert Huncke was the original Beat. A hustler, carny, addict, petty thief, street philosopher, and chronicler of the demimonde, he was the archetype on which a generation modeled itself. \u003c\/b\u003eIn the 1940s, Huncke befriended the young William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg, guiding them through New York's underground and introducing them to a world of volatile experience they had never imagined. His extraordinary ability to relate his life story in pared-down, unaffected prose inspired them to create a new type of literature, free of constraint and self-consciousness. Huncke's work is a vital part of Beat literature, but until now has remained relatively unknown. \u003ci\u003eThe Herbert Huncke Reader\u003c\/i\u003e includes the full texts of Huncke's long out-of-print classics, \u003ci\u003eHuncke's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Evening Sun Turned Crimson; \u003c\/i\u003eexcerpts from his autobiography, \u003ci\u003eGuilty of Everything; \u003c\/i\u003eand a wide selection from his unpublished letters and diaries.\u003cb\u003e_________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55899629027702,"sku":"9780747540076","price":18.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36619648.jpg?v=1779357693","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780747540076-the-herbert-huncke-reader","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}