On the Road

Name: On the Road
SKU: 10058747
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Jack Kerouac

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Penguin Essentials

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"Brillant classic"

Review by Erina on 12th June, 2012

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Really enjoyed this book,

Description

The exhilerating novel that defined the Beat Generation 'What's your road, man? - holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow.' Sal Paradise, young and innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American Dream. A brilliant blend of fiction and autobiography, Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel defined the new 'Beat' generation and became the bible of the counter culture.

Author Biography:

Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. Educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell, he decided to become a writer at age seventeen and developed his own writing style, which he called 'spontaneous prose'. He used this technique to record the life of the American 'traveler' and the experiences of the Beat Generation, most memorably in On the Road and also in The Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums. His other works include Big Sur, Desolation Angels, Lonesome Traveler, Visions of Gerard, Tristessa, and a book of poetry called Mexico City Blues. Jack Kerouac died in 1969.

Release date Australia

April 7th, 2011

Author

Jack Kerouac

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

288

Series

Penguin Essentials

Dimensions

111x181x18

ISBN-13

9780241951538

Product ID

10058747

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