num_pages: 320
description: On The Road swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat. Now recognized as a modern classic, Kerouac's American Dream is nearer that of Walt Whitman than F. Scott Fitzgerald's, and the narrative goes racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and passion.
language: English
title: On the Road
titlecomplete: On the Road
genres: 20th Century, American, Travel, Novels, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Adventure, Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 400823
places: Los Angeles, California, New Orleans, Louisiana, Denver, Colorado, San Francisco, California, New York City, New York
series: Duluoz Legend
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Grammy Award
category: Best Spoken Word Album
publisher: Penguin Books