An edition of On The Road (1957)

On the Road (Essential Edition): (Penguin Essential Edition)

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An edition of On The Road (1957)

On the Road (Essential Edition): (Penguin Essential Edition)

  • 3.5 (74 ratings) ·
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  • 25 Currently reading
  • 121 Have read

Described as everything from a "last gasp" of romantic fiction to a founding text of the Beat Generation movement, this story amounts to a nonfiction novel (as critics were later to describe some works). Unpublished writer buddies wander from coast to coast in search of whatever they find, eager for experience. Kerouac's spokesman is Sal Paradise (himself) and real-life friend Neal Casady appears as Dean Moriarty.

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English
Pages
320

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Cover of: On the Road: The Original Scroll (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
On the Road: The Original Scroll (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
August 2008, Penguin classics
Cover of: On the road
On the road: the original scroll
2007, Viking
in English
Cover of: On the road
On the road
2007, Viking
in English - 50th anniversary ed
Cover of: Zai lu shang
Zai lu shang: On the road
2006, Shanghai yi wen chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: On the Road (Essential Edition): (Penguin Essential Edition)
On the Road (Essential Edition): (Penguin Essential Edition)
September 6, 2005, Penguin (Non-Classics)
in English
Cover of: Unterwegs
Unterwegs
March 1, 1998, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH
Paperback in German
Cover of: On the road
On the road
1997, Viking
in English
Cover of: Sur la route
Sur la route
August 27, 1997, Gallimard
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: On the road
On the road
1976, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: On the road
On the road
1975, Buccaneer Books
in English
Cover of: On the road
On the road
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"I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up."

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OL7361569M
ISBN 10
0143036386
ISBN 13
9780143036388
OCLC/WorldCat
61409731
Library Thing
3207
Goodreads
2551

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May 17, 2021 Edited by Lisa Merge works
April 28, 2011 Edited by OCLC Bot Added OCLC numbers.
August 5, 2010 Edited by IdentifierBot added LibraryThing ID
April 24, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs.
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from amazon.com record