On the road / Jack Kerouac; introduction by Ann Charters.

By:

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969

Contributor(s):

Charters, Ann

Publication details: New York : Penguin Books, 1991.Edition: [Penguin Classics ed.]Description: xxxiv, 307 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780142437254

Subject(s):

Beat generation -- Fiction

LOC classification:

PS3521 .E735 O5 1991

Summary: Follows the counterculture escapades of members of the Beat generation as they seek pleasure and meaning while traveling coast to coast. As he travels across 1950s America, aspiring writer Sal Paradise chronicles his escapades with the charismatic Dean Moriarty. Sal admires Dean's passion for experiencing as much as possible of life and his wild flights of poetic fancy.

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Follows the counterculture escapades of members of the Beat generation as they seek pleasure and meaning while traveling coast to coast. As he travels across 1950s America, aspiring writer Sal Paradise chronicles his escapades with the charismatic Dean Moriarty. Sal admires Dean's passion for experiencing as much as possible of life and his wild flights of poetic fancy.