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An edition of ↪ /works/OL65941W (1957)

On the road

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  • ★★★ 3.45 ·
  • 74 Ratings
  • 456 Want to read
  • 23 Currently reading
  • 116 Have read

Described as everything from a "last gasp" of romantic fiction to a founding text of the Beat Generation movement, this story amounts to a nonfiction novel (as critics were later to describe some works). Unpublished writer buddies wander from coast to coast in search of whatever they find, eager for experience. Kerouac's spokesman is Sal Paradise (himself) and real-life friend Neal Casady appears as Dean Moriarty.

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Penguin Books
Language
English
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307

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Beat generation, Fiction, Autobiographical fiction, Beat generation in literature, History and criticism, American Autobiographical fiction, Literature, Classic Literature, Beat generation -- Fiction, Beats (Persons), Bohemianism, Drugs, Jazz, Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Literature: Classics, Classics, Fiction / Literary, Page proofs (Printing), Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, NOVELAS ESTADOUNIDENSES, American fiction (fictional works by one author), English language, Study guides, Examinations, Beats (Persons) in literature, New York Times reviewed, Criticism and interpretation, On the road (Kerouac, Jack), Beatniks, Romans, nouvelles, American fiction, Translations into Chinese, American literature, Literary, Audio - Fiction - General, Audio Adult: Books On Tape, General
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Jack Kerouac, Neal Casady, Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
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United States
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1950s USA

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On the Road: The Original Scroll (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
August 2008, Penguin classics
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On the road: the original scroll
2007, Viking
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On the road
2007, Viking
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Zai lu shang: On the road
2006, Shanghai yi wen chu ban she
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On the road
2003, Penguin Books
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March 1, 1998, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH
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On the road
1997, Viking
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Sur la route
August 27, 1997, Gallimard
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On the road
1976, Penguin Books
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On the road
1975, Buccaneer Books
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Includes bibliographic references [pp. xxxi-xxxiv]

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Penguin classics
Genre
Fiction

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xxxiv, 307 p. ;
Number of pages
307

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OL18141201M
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onroad00kero_1
ISBN 10
0142437255
LCCN
91013204
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3207
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