A Blue Hand
by Baker, Deborah
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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New York: Penguin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1594201587 . Pulitzer Prize finalist Deborah Baker looks at the travels Allen Ginsberg and other beat writers took to India in the early 1960's "exposing an overlooked chapter of the literary past." Contains chapter notes in the rear. There are… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Blue Hand ( The Beats In India )
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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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New York: Penguin Press, 2008. 1st edition. New book. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 246pp., b/w plates, notes, A literary exploration of the Beats' encounter with India in the 1960s follows the journey of Allen Ginsberg and his companions through the ashrams of the Himalayan foothills, to the Delhi opium dens, to the pyres of Benares, where… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Penguin Press, 2008. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 246 pages with photographs. A fabulous book about the Beats and their "passage to India." A fine dustjacket over a fine book. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box.. Item Price
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