On the Road

On the Road

The classic novel of freedom and the search for authenticity that defined a generation

Inspired by Jack Kerouac's adventures with Neal Cassady,Â On the RoadÂ tells the story of two friends whose cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naivete and wild ambition and imbued with Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz,Â On the RoadÂ is the quintessential American vision of freedom and hope, a book that changed American literature and changed anyone who has ever picked it up. Â

"An authentic work of art . . . the most beautifully executed, the clearest and the most important utterance yet made by the generation Kerouac himself named years ago as 'beat,' and whose principal avatar he is."
--Gilbert Millstein,Â The New York TimesÂ

"On the RoadÂ has the kind of drive that blasts through to a large public. . . . What makes the novel really important, what gives it that drive is a genuine new, engaging and exciting prose style. . . . What keeps the book going is the power and beauty of the writing."
--Kenneth Rexroth,Â San Francisco Chronicle

"One of the finest novels of recent years. . . a highly euphoric and intensely readable story about a group of wandering young hedonists who cross the country in endless search of kicks."
--Leonard Feather,Â DownbeatÂ

From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 1976-12-28
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9781101127575

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	1976-12-28
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9781101127575

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