On the Road

Name: On the Road
Author: Jack Kerouac
ISBN: 9789896412166

by Jack Kerouac

translated by Margarida Vale de Gato

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Originally published by Viking Press

On the Road is a 1957 novel by American author Jack Kerouac, inspired by his travels across the United States. It is widely regarded as a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation, following a group of friends living for the moment against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and rebellion.

First published 1957310 pages

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Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 4
Editions known: 152

Classification

Dewey (DDC): [Fic]813.52813.54823.91
Library of Congress (LCC): PS3521.E735 O5 2005PS3521.E735 T614 1990PS3521.E735 O5 1957PS3521.E735 O5 2007

Subjects

American Autobiographical fictionAmerican fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)American literatureAudio - Fiction - GeneralAudio Adult: Books On TapeAutobiographical fictionBeat generationBeat generation -- FictionBeat generation in literatureBeatniksBeats (Persons)

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ISBN 9789896412166English

DATE DUE

First published1957

Film adaptation2012

StatusREAD

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