On the Road - Jack Kerouac

On the Road

By Jack Kerouac

  • Release Date: 1976-12-28
  • Genre: Classics
Score: 3.5
3.5
From 40 Ratings

Description

On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned 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.

Reviews

  • Editor should be fired

    5
    By Don38472829
    Or maybe there was no editor? Random typos, periods, and commas ruin the reading experience, although the words are all here. Go find a used earlier version for a better reading experience.