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On the road, Jack Kerouac

Label
On the road, Jack Kerouac
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
On the road
Oclc number
817994841
Responsibility statement
Jack Kerouac
Series statement
Grand Central Publishing fiction
Summary
Behind us lay the whole of America and everything Dean and I had previously known about life, and life on the road. We had finally found the magic land at the end of the road and we never dreamed the extent of the magic. Sal Paradise, a young 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. It had tremendous impact on both sides of the Atlantic and made him famous overnight
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