The Evening Sun Turned Crimson

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The Evening Sun Turned Crimson is a semi-autobiographical work by Beat Generation figure Herbert Huncke, depicting his gritty experiences on the streets and within mid-20th-century American counterculture.

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instanceOf book
associatedWith Beat Generation writers NERFINISHED
Herbert Huncke bibliography
author Herbert Huncke NERFINISHED
basedOn life of Herbert Huncke
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Beat Generation milieu
New York City street culture
genre Beat literature
autobiographical fiction
hasInfluenceOn Beat literature reception of Herbert Huncke
language English
literaryMovement Beat Generation NERFINISHED
literaryStyle confessional prose
gritty realism
mainSubject American counterculture
crime
drug use
street life
narrativePerspective first-person
portrays drug addicts
hustlers
marginalized urban communities
small-time criminals
settingPeriod mid-20th century
theme addiction
alienation
marginality
search for identity
survival

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Herbert Huncke notableWork The Evening Sun Turned Crimson