Jack Kerouac
On the Road
Paperback
(Penguin Books Dec. 28, 1976)
The classic novel of freedom and the search for authenticity that defined a generationSeptember 5th, 2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of On the RoadInspired by Jack Kerouac's adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story of two friends whose cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naiveté and wild ambition and imbued with Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz, On the Road is the quintessential American vision of freedom and hope, a book that changed American literature and changed anyone who has ever picked it up.
- Series
- Penguin Orange Collection
- ISBN
- 0140042598 / 9780140042597
- Pages
- 307
- Weight
- 7.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.8 x 5.1 in.
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