Satori in Paris

Satori in Paris is a 1966 novella by American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac.^[1][2] It is a short, autobiographical tale of Kerouac's trip to Paris, then Brittany, to research his genealogy. Kerouac relates his trip in a tumbledown fashion as a lonesome traveler. Little is said about the research that he does, and much more about his interactions with the French people he meets.

Satori in Paris

First edition cover
Author	Jack Kerouac
Language	English
Publisher	Grove Press
Publication date	1966
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	118 pp
Preceded by	Desolation Angels (1965)
Followed by	Vanity of Duluoz (1968)

Editions

• 1966. Satori in Paris, ISBN 0-394-17437-2
• 1982. Satori in Paris, Granada Publishing, ISBN 0-586-05545-2
• 1988. Satori in Paris & Pic, ISBN 0-8021-3061-5
• 1991. Satori in Paris, Flamingo, ISBN 0-586-09118-1