On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
Taste attributes: dramavehiclesadventurefresh & originalrealisticsimplelineargrittyemotive & stirringall consuming questself destruction/implosioncomplex relationship
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, original novel, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.5 / 5
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About This Book
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 Unpublished writer buddies wander from coast to coast in search of whatever they find, eager for experience.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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- Author
- Jack Kerouac
- Published
- 1957
- Pages
- 310
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- Open Library
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