Big Sur by Jack Kerouac audiobook.

Genre: drama

In Big Sur, Jack Kerouac turns his restless, beat-fueled legend inward, following writer Jack Duluoz as fame, exhaustion, and alcoholism begin to close in. Hoping to escape the noise of city life and the demands of being a public symbol, Duluoz accepts an invitation to a secluded cabin on the rugged California coast, where redwood forests and crashing surf promise silence and recovery. But solitude does not automatically bring peace. As days stretch into nights, he wrestles with cravings, memory, and a relentless inner monologue that swings between wonder at the landscape and dread of what he carries with him. Friends drift in and out, offering companionship, temptation, and uneasy mirrors of his own self-destructive patterns. With raw, improvisational prose and a fierce sense of immediacy, Kerouac captures a man trying to hold onto creativity and dignity while confronting the limits of escape. Big Sur is a haunting portrait of burnout, spiritual hunger, and the cost of living too fast for too long.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:31) Chapter 01

(00:07:24) Chapter 02

(00:11:01) Chapter 03

(00:18:50) Chapter 04

(00:22:00) Chapter 05

(00:34:18) Chapter 06

(00:46:45) Chapter 07

(00:59:42) Chapter 08

(01:04:18) Chapter 09

(01:09:30) Chapter 10

(01:18:45) Chapter 11

(01:39:35) Chapter 12

(01:46:45) Chapter 13

(01:54:53) Chapter 14

(02:09:45) Chapter 15

(02:15:05) Chapter 16

(02:17:17) Chapter 17

(02:22:38) Chapter 18

(02:30:49) Chapter 19

(02:36:43) Chapter 20

(02:41:47) Chapter 21

(03:04:13) Chapter 22

(03:16:08) Chapter 23

(03:33:22) Chapter 24

(03:43:02) Chapter 25

(03:48:27) Chapter 26

(04:01:10) Chapter 27

(04:07:03) Chapter 28

(04:11:55) Chapter 29

(04:16:07) Chapter 30

(04:25:12) Chapter 31

(04:41:45) Chapter 32

(04:44:38) Chapter 33

(04:52:04) Chapter 34

(05:12:09) Chapter 35

(05:18:23) Chapter 36

(05:37:17) Chapter 37

(05:50:49) Chapter 38

(05:59:46) Chapter 39

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