One of the most influential and important novels of the 20th century, On the Road is the book that launched the beat generation and remains the bible of that literary movement. On the road, tradotto in italiano con Sulla strada, è un libro cult che ha raccontato unintera generazione.Lautore, Jack Kerouac, ha infatti dato vita, con il suo libro, alla cosiddetta Beat. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:49:52.21874 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream.Ī brilliant blend of fiction and autobiography, Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and autobiographical passion. Publication date 1997 Topics Beat generation - Fiction Publisher Viking Collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks china Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Movie rights were discussed, beatnik characters began to appear in popular television shows, and Mad Magazine did a parody of the Beat culture. Partly because he had written a powerful and successful book, partly because he seemed to be the embodiment of this new generation. Though On the Road is a novel about a group of young people who live off the map of American culture, the beatnik culture took on a life of its own in the American consciousness after 1957. Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty, a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of beat, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. On The Road ( French: Sur la route) is a 2012 adventure drama film directed by Walter Salles. A novel titled 'On The Road' became a bestseller, and its author, Jack Kerouac, became a celebrity.

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