{"product_id":"on-the-road-jack-kerouac-9780141182674","title":"On the Road (Jack Kerouac)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat. Now recognized as a modern classic, its American Dream is nearer that of Walt Whitman than Scott Fitzgerald, and it goes racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and autobiographical passion.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJack Kerouac \u003c\/b\u003ewas 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 technique to record the life of the American 'traveler' and the experiences of the Beat Generation, most memorably in \u003ci\u003eOn the Road \u003c\/i\u003eand also in \u003ci\u003eThe Subterraneans \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums. \u003c\/i\u003eHis other works include \u003ci\u003eBig Sur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Desolation Angels, Lonesome Traveler, Visions of Gerard, Tristessa\u003c\/i\u003e, and a book of poetry called \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/i\u003e. Jack Kerouac died in 1969.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 320 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65815934337373,"sku":"K005430407","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/0543040700001A.jpg?v=1788584492","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/on-the-road-jack-kerouac-9780141182674","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}