On the road
By: Jack Kerouac
Series: Penguin great books of the 20th century
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Beat generation -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: FROM THE PUBLISHER : On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassidy, "a side burned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience. Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz combine to make On the Road an inspirational work of lasting importance. Kerouac's classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be "Beat" and has inspired every generation since its initial publication more than forty years ago.