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On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

3.5

About the book

A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the N. American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" & "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge & experience. Kerouac's love of America, compassion for humanity & sense of language as jazz combine to make On the Road an inspirational work of lasting importance. This classic novel of freedom & longing defined what it meant to be "Beat" & has inspired every generation since its initial publication.

...takes me back to that once-in-a-lifetime summer with your friends and say we should just hit the road and let it take us anywhere.

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Categories:

American Modern Classics Novels Travel Classics Adventure Fiction Literature

Language:

English

Length:

307 pages

Author:

Jack Kerouac
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