A timeless travelogue from the leading light of the Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac's Lonesome Traveller is a jubilant celebration of human discoveryAs he roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Kerouac records, in prose of pure...

"What I'm beginning to discover now is something beyond the novel and beyond the arbitrary confines of the story. . . . I'm making myself seek to find the wild form, that can grow with my wild heart . . . because now I know MY HEART DOES...

Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. Educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell, he decided to become a writer at age seventeen and developed his own writing style, which he called 'spontaneous prose'. He used this...

Contemporary / American English One of the most famous American books of the century. Love, jazz, and excitement! These are all part of Sal Paradise's adventures "on the road" with wild friend Dean Moriarty, and their crazy companions,...

"Gammler, Zen und hohe Berge" von Werner Burckhardt ist ein Buch, das in den 1960er Jahren veröffentlicht wurde und sich mit der Jugendkultur dieser Zeit auseinandersetzt. Der Autor beschreibt seine Begegnungen und Erlebnisse mit der...

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was an American novelist, poet, artist and part of the Beat Generation. Most of his life was spent in the vast landscapes of America or living with his mother, with whom he spent most of his life. Kerouac's best...

Jack Kerouac (1922 ¿ 1969) was an American novelist, poet, artist and part of the Beat Generation. Most of his life was spent in the vast landscapes of America or living with his mother, with whom he spent most of his life. Kerouac's...

Jack Kerouac's Great American Novel, now in a delightful new Clothbound Classics editionOn the Road swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean...

Als Kerouac 'On the Road' und 'The Subterranians' schrieb, führte er ein Tagebuch, in dem er - oft noch im Halbschlaf - seine Träume niederschrieb. Diese Tagebücher (ursprünglich nicht zur Veröffentlichung gedacht) erschienen 1961 als...

"On the Road" von Jack Kerouac ist ein klassischer Roman der Beat-Generation, der erstmals 1957 veröffentlicht wurde. Die Geschichte folgt dem Protagonisten Sal Paradise, einem jungen Schriftsteller, und seinem charismatischen Freund...

Jack Kerouac wrote a number of highly influential and popular novels - most famously the international best-seller ON THE ROAD - and is remembered as one of the key figures of the legendary Beat generation. As much as anything, he came...

Jack Kerouac (1922-69) was an American novelist, poet, artist and part of the Beat Generation. Most of his life was spent in the vast landscapes of America or living with his Mother. Kerouac's best known works are On the Road and The...