On the Road
Book Cover
Book cover for “On the Road” (1957) by Jack Kerouac.
The novel follows Sal Paradise and the charismatic Dean Moriarty as they crisscross postwar America in a series of road trips, chasing freedom and ecstatic experience. It captures the Beat spirit — restlessness, rebellion and spiritual yearning — while revealing the costs of their rootlessness.
The novel follows Sal Paradise and the charismatic Dean Moriarty as they crisscross postwar America in a series of road trips, chasing freedom and ecstatic experience. It captures the Beat spirit — restlessness, rebellion and spiritual yearning — while revealing the costs of their rootlessness.
