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Type: documentary
Status: favorite
Authors: Jack Kerouac kerouac
Tags: classic culture americana youth travelogue coming-of-age exploration pop-culture counterculture
Description: Though not truly indicative of the literary voice Kerouac developed in later writings, On theThough not truly indicative of the literary voice Kerouac developed in later writings, On the Road (along with John Clellon Holmes's overlooked GO) is a wonderful base for anyone wishing to address the lifestyle of the beat movement. Kerouac is frank and honest here. On the Road is the second version of a novel that he wrote three times (the first became nothing, the third became Visions of Cody). Recognizing the weight that had sank earlier versions of Road, Kerouac proclaimed, "To hell with this phony architecture! I'm just going to write it out all at once, as it happened." He did, and the Benzedrine and Johnny Walker Red spree that resulted became Road. This book should be required reading for any American--nay, any human--who feels young and exciting. One of my favorites of all time. -Erin Betters...
2006-01-08
