autobiographical fiction

Presents ten critical essays published between 1973 and 2001 on Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by Harold Bloom.

A fiftieth anniversary edition of Jack Kerouac's thinly fictionalized autobiography chronicling his cross-country adventure across North America on a quest for self-knowledge as experienced by his alter-ego, Sal Paradise and Sal's friend Dean Moriarty--Kerouac's real life friend Neal Cassady.

A collection of short stories and vignettes by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1925, marking his American debut.

An autobiographical novel depicting the childhood, adolescence, and early manhood of Stephen Dedalus.

Eleven-year-old Amar'e Stoudemire is asked to become the coach of his school's basketball team even though he is too young to play on the team.