On the Road (Penguin Orange Collection)
von Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac’s classic American novel of freedom and the search for originality that defined a generation“An authentic work of art.”—The New York TimesInspired by Jack Kerouac’s adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story of two friends whose cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naïveté and wild abandon and imbued with Kerouac’s love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz, On the Road is the quintessential American vision of freedom and hope—a book that changed American literature and changed anyone who has ever picked it up.
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On the Road (Penguin Orange Collection)
von Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac’s classic American novel of freedom and the search for originality that defined a generation“An authentic work of art.”—The New York TimesInspired by Jack Kerouac’s adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story of two friends whose cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naïveté and wild abandon and imbued with Kerouac’s love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz, On the Road is the quintessential American vision of freedom and hope—a book that changed American literature and changed anyone who has ever picked it up.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(5)
Rezension von IlyasGreat book. I was travelling a lot at the time of reading it and moving places, so the fact that the main character does the same really resonated with me. Kerouac has a slow pacing, but the book is still captivating. He shows well the feeling of being lost and searching for your own path both literally and metaphorically
Rezension von 🎀I get why this book might have been groundbreaking in the 50s but from todays perspective it’s so boring.I tried really hard to finish read it but I just couldn’t :(
Rezension von Jules first half inspiring to go out and 'live life', second half you realise, they are kinda idiots; Kerouac's spontaneous prose still very interesting to read
Rezension von George Patrick Hanegosh I didn‘t cared for this book at all - it was more interesting to watch the dust fall on my desk than to bother about what the protagonist is doing or thinking
Rezension von Franziska GieseckeThis damn thing took me two years! Overall it’s an ok read. It’s completely overrated though. As if we didn’t have enough insights from privileged, white, cis, male people. I can see how this is summarising the zeitgeist of the 50s for this particular group, which is a good thing…I guess