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About the book
Inspired by Jack Kerouac's adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story of two friends whose cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naiveté and wild ambition and imbued with Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz, On the Road is the quintessential American vision of freedom and hope, a book that changed American literature and changed anyone who has ever picked it up.
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What readers say about ‘On the Road’
Lex Fridman on On the Road
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Josh Waitzkin on On the Road
“"Opened up the ecstatic beauty of life’s little moments to me as a teenager."”
Bob Dylan on On the Road
“"It changed my life like it changed everyone else’s."”
Walter Isaacson on On the Road
“"Read [this book]."”
Ev Williams on On the Road
“On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.”
