num_pages: 307
description: Pulsating with the rhythms of fifties underground America, jazz, sex, illicit drugs, and the mystery and promise of the open road, Jack Kerouac's classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be "Beat," and has inspired every generation since its initial publication in 1957. Based on Kerouac's adventures with Neal Cassady,  On the Road tells the story of two friends, whose four cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naivete and wild abandon, and imbued with Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz, One the Road is the quintessential American vision of freedom and hope-vibrant, compelling, and full of wonder.
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: 400838
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 Classics