On the Road

On the Road is a novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published in 1957. Most of it is autobiographical and was written based on the road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America and is often considered a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation.

When the book was originally released, the New York Times hailed it as "the most beautifully executed, the clearest and most important utterance" of Kerouac's generation. Millstien, Gillbert. Books of the Times The New York Times Book Review. September 5th, 1957   The novel was chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005.

Related pages
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century

References

Category:Beat Generation
Category:1951 books
Category:20th-century American novels