On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States.
On the Road
Novel by Jack Kerouac
Originally published: September 5, 1957
Author: Jack Kerouac
Genres: Novel, Autobiographical novel, Stream of consciousness, and more
Characters: Dean Moriarty, Sal Paradise, Marylou, and more
Pages: 320 pages
Set in: New York, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, elsewhere in the U.S., and Mexico, 1947-1950
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As they travel across the country, they encounter a mix of people who each impact their journey indelibly.Young writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the ...
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A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the N. American continent with his friend Neal ...
Duration: 2:26
Posted: Nov 16, 2012
Posted: Nov 16, 2012
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Hailed as a definitive Beat Generation novel, it chronicles Sal's exploration for meaning, self-identity and independence. The search for self-realization ...
Duration: 3:40
Posted: Sep 9, 2019
Posted: Sep 9, 2019
On The Road (French: Sur la route) is a 2012 adventure drama film directed by Walter Salles. It is an adaptation of Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road ...
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In this novel of life on the road, experience for Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise, Kerouac's fictional alter ego, who shambles along after Dean's madcap ...
Mar 2, 2015 · On the Road pulsates to the rhythms of 1950s America: jazz, sex, drugs, and the desperate hunger of a new generation for experiences that are ...
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The movie is about this young writer who goes on a bunch of random road trips with his buddies and writes about everything interesting (at least according to ...