On The Road
by Jack Kerouac
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On The Road, the most famous of Jack Kerouac's works, is not only the soul of the Beat movement and literature, but one of the most important novels of the century. Like nearly all of Kerouac's writing, On The Road is thinly fictionalized autobiography, filled with a cast made of Kerouac's real life friends, lovers, and fellow travelers. Narrated by Sal Paradise, one of Kerouac's alter-egos, On the Road is a cross-country bohemian odyssey that not only influenced writing in the years since its 1957 publication but penetrated into the deepest levels of American thought and culture.
Book Club Questions for On the Road (Fiction)
Book Club Questions for On the Road (for Non-Fiction)
On The Road, the most famous of Jack Kerouac's works, is not only the soul of the Beat movement and literature, but one of the most important novels of the century. Like nearly all of Kerouac's writing, On The Road is thinly fictionalized autobiography, filled with a cast made of Kerouac's real life friends, lovers, and fellow travelers. Narrated by Sal Paradise, one of Kerouac's alter-egos, On the Road is a cross-country bohemian odyssey that not only influenced writing in the years since its 1957 publication but penetrated into the deepest levels of American thought and culture.
Book Club Questions for On the Road (Fiction)
Book Club Questions for On the Road (for Non-Fiction)
You’re welcome Deckard! Let me know when you’ve read it
This has been on my “To Read List” since forever. I keep hearing of it as an American classic. And there’s probably a good reason Kerouac is iconic and celebrated as he is. Thanks for the reminder that I need to read this.
I remember readin this book, we were told to pick a book and then analyse it and make a presentation. So I went to the bookstore and explain them “I can read the book I want, What do you recommend?” when I said I like traveling, he gave me “On the Road”. I really enjoyed it, the story is great, the character too. It’s a must read book. I’m actually thinking about readind it again for it’s fiftieth anniversary. Has anyone read it?
