On the Road
von Jack Kerouac
A futuristic story of a boy and his grandfather, who slip under a fence to a life the grandfather has not experienced for many years, and that the grandson has never known. A gripping race ensues to escape the forces that would carry them back. Swinging to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of beat.
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On the Road
von Jack Kerouac
A futuristic story of a boy and his grandfather, who slip under a fence to a life the grandfather has not experienced for many years, and that the grandson has never known. A gripping race ensues to escape the forces that would carry them back. Swinging to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of beat.
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