00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Kerouac, Jack aut Verfasser/-in Beat Generation Jugendkultur Jugend / Belletristische Darstellung On the Road Kerouac, Jack London Penguin Books 2018 Der junge Schriftsteller Sal Paradise lernt kurz nach dem Tod seines Vaters den charmanten Lebenskünstler Dean kennen und reist gemeinsam mit ihm und seiner Freundin Marylou durch die Staaten, immer auf der Suche nach Freiheit, Glück, Inspiration, Liebe und Sex. Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins his hero, the mystical traveller Dean Moriarty, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream. A brilliant blend of fiction and autobiography, Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and autobiographical passion. One of the most influential and important novels of the 20th century, this is the book that launched the Beat Generation and remains the bible of that literary movement. 9780241347959 9780241347959 0241347955 0241347955 eng Band