On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) | Jack Kerouac

On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) | Jack Kerouac | Great book about youth

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On the Road (Pengu...

	On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) Jack Kerouac Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 624 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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The Day After Superman Died

I began this book with weary thoughts, suspecting some Beatles, hippie mumbo jumbo about life, love and drugs. I was right but also dead wrong. After reading it I can fully understand why this is thought of as the definitive read from the beat generation.

It's basically a crazed story on life on the road, of two friends who for a brief period becomes soul mates and experiences the real world as it is meant to be, on the road. The prose is filled with energy and your own imagination rushes along with the author's and at places even goes beyond his. I have read few books that does this to me in the same way, perhaps even none. Similarly to one of those well written Hemingway travel stories, you want to get out there - it makes you want to experience life - to find and be inspired by Dean Moriarty, the mighty road God.

I can't recommend this book highly enough, it is one to be read over and over again. To remind us that life is holy and to help us fully enjoy every precious moment of it.

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Great book about youth

This is a great book and really shows the discovery of youth, good and bad. What did you do right out of high school? Right out of college? Backpack across Europe? Jump in a car with friends and travel the U.S.? Most don't, most never will. I read this book years ago and really enjoyed it. We can find pleasure in things when we are in our teens and even early 20's that will never bring us that same feeling again. Simple pleasures that we get so much more out of, before the grind of the 9 to 5, the stack of bills on the table, the notes from school, the news every night on TV, politics and the view of yourself in the mirror getting older and older, takes them away, right out of your hand and you're too busy trying to stop the clock from ticking to try to get them back. This is a book that reminded me of all the times I'd felt completely carefree. What will the book mean for you? I don't know, it depends on your own interests, but it made me smile and want to go "on the road."

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