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On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonists living life against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use.
3.61. 411,654 ratings19,773 reviews. 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.
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was an American author and painter and the central figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s. His most famous books include On the Road, The Dharma Bums, and Big Sur. Several of his novels have been adapted into popular films.
14 primary works • 29 total works. Kerouac's vast array of travel writings, comprising one vast Proust-like book, as he described. Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings. by Jack Kerouac. 3.58 · 6,195 Ratings · 49 Reviews · published 1999 · 17 editions. Before Jack Kerouac expressed the spirit of a gene… Want to Read. Rate it:
Music and Musicians Under the Influence. Songs inspired by Kerouac. The Kerouac Book River. Nearly three hundred Kerouac covers from around the world. by the UMass Lowell Kerouac Team. The Kerouac-Sampas Collection. A searchable database of one of the most expansive Kerouac collections in the world.
By Jack Kerouac. Best Seller. Part of Penguin Orange Collection. Category: Literary Fiction | Classic Fiction. Paperback $18.00. Oct 18, 2016| ISBN 9780143129509. Buy. Paperback $18.00. Dec 28, 1976| ISBN 9780140042597. Buy. Ebook $14.99. Dec 28, 1976| ISBN 9781101127575. Buy. All Formats. +. Paperback$18.00. Oct 18, 2016 | ISBN 9780143129509.
