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Aug 26, 2008 · On the Road: The Original Scroll (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) [Kerouac, Jack, Cunnell, Howard, Vlagopoulos, Penny, Mouratidis, George, Kupetz, Joshua] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
4.12. 12,681 ratings876 reviews. This is the original the first ever publication of Kerouac's original draft for the book - transcribed from the famous 'scroll': hundreds of typed pages which constitute the manuscript taped together by Kerouac himself.
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Typed out as one long, single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper that he later taped together to form a 120 foot scroll, this document is among the most significant, celebrated, and provocative artifacts in contemporary American literary history.
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Representing the identifiable point at which his vision & narrative voice first came together in a sustained burst of creative energy, the scroll is the ‘uncut’ version of Kerouac’s masterpiece—rougher, wilder & more sexually explicit than the edited work that appeared in 1957. One of the sublime documents in the history of American literature.
A brilliant blend of fiction and autobiography, Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and autobiographical passion.
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On the Road: the Original Scroll. (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Part of Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Author Jack Kerouac. Introduction by Howard Cunnell, Penny Vlagopoulos, George Mouratidis, Joshua Kupetz. Add to Wish List. Paperback. $ 19.00 US. Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Classics. 5.59"W x 8.35"H x 1.04"D.
