On the Road by Jack Kerouac is the exhilarating novel that defined
the Beat Generation and is a 2012 major motion picture starring
Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst and Sam Riley, beautifully
repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. '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. 'On the Road sold a trillion Levis and a million
espresso machines, and also sent countless kids on the road. The
alienation, the restlessness, the dissatisfaction were already
there waiting when Kerouac pointed out the road' William Burroughs
'Pop writing at its best. It changed the way I saw the world,
making me yearn for fresh experience' Hanif Kureishi, Independent
on Sunday 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.
General
Imprint: |
Penguin Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Penguin Essentials |
Release date: |
April 2011 |
First published: |
April 2011 |
Authors: |
Jack Kerouac
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Dimensions: |
180 x 111 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
280 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-241-95153-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-241-95153-4 |
Barcode: |
9780241951538 |
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