On the Road - Penguin Modern Classics
On the Road - Penguin Modern Classics
paperback
Published:
24 February, 2000
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Description
Prizes
Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003,Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780141182674 |
| ISBN10 | 0141182679 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 237 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 196 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
a A dazzling piece of writing for all of its rough edges, stripped of affectations that in the novel can sometimes verge on bathos . . . It seems much more immediate and contemporary.a
aLuc Sante, New York Times Book Review
A dazzling piece of writing for all of its rough edges, stripped of affectations that in the novel can sometimes verge on bathos . . . It seems much more immediate and contemporary.
Luc Sante, New York Times Book Review
? A dazzling piece of writing for all of its rough edges, stripped of affectations that in the novel can sometimes verge on bathos . . . It seems much more immediate and contemporary.?
?Luc Sante, New York Times Book Review
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Author's Bio
Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. Educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell, he decided to become a writer at age seventeen and developed his own writing style, which he called 'spontaneous prose'. He used this technique to record the life of the American 'traveler' and the experiences of the Beat Generation, most memorably in On the Road and also in The Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums. His other works include Big Sur, Desolation Angels, Lonesome Traveler, Visions of Gerard, Tristessa, and a book of poetry called Mexico City Blues. Jack Kerouac died in 1969.