TY - BOOK AU - Kerouac,Jack AU - Charters,Ann TI - On the road SN - 9780141182674 (pbk.) U1 - 813.54 KER 23 PY - 2011/// CY - New York : PB - Penguin Books KW - Beat generation KW - Fiction KW - Autobiographical fiction N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Behind us lay the whole of America and everything Dean and I had previously known about life, and life on the road. We had finally found the magic land at the end of the road and we never dreamed the extent of the magic. Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins the slightly crazed 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 defined the new 'Beat' generation. It had tremendous impact on both sides of the Atlantic and made him famous overnight. ER -