Synopsis
On the Road swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat. Now recognized as a modern classic, its American Dream is nearer that of Walt Whitman than Scott Fitzgerald, and it goes racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and autobiographical passion.
Reviews
Customer Review: 13 February 2010
Reviewer: Verity
'Jack Kerouac is defines beat generation, his tale of multiple trips across America mean so much more than geography, they embody the state of mind between infancy and responsibility. Giving everyone hope that life doesn''t have to be conventional.'
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'A paean to what Kerouac described as "the ragged and ecstatic joy of pure being"' Sunday Times
Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780141182674
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 320
Published : 24 Feb 2000
Publisher : Penguin Classics
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On the Road
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