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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.
- Jack Kerouac
- 1957
Beat movement, American social and literary movement originating in the 1950s and centred in the bohemian artist communities of San Francisco’s North Beach, Los Angeles’ Venice West, and New York City’s Greenwich Village.
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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."
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Learn everything about On the Road, the classic Beat Generation novel by Jack Kerouac, with summaries, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, and more. Explore the historical and literary context, the plot, and the themes of this road trip across America.
On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West."...
A classic novel of the Beat era and a quest for freedom and authenticity across America. Read an excerpt, buy the book, or explore other books by Jack Kerouac and the Penguin Orange Collection.
