{"product_id":"on-the-road-the-original-scroll-jack-kerouac","title":"On the Road, The Original Scroll (Jack Kerouac)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive decades after it was first published, Jack Kerouac's seminal Beat novel \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e finally finds its way to the big screen, in a production from award-winning director Walter Salles (\u003ci\u003eMotorcycle Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e) starring Sam Riley (\u003ci\u003eControl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrighton Rock\u003c\/i\u003e), Garret Hedlund (\u003ci\u003eFriday Night Lights\u003c\/i\u003e), Kristen Stewart (\u003ci\u003eTwilight\u003c\/i\u003e), Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams and Viggo Mortensen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition is transcribed from the original manuscript: hundreds of typed pages taped together by Kerouac to form a 'scroll', published word for word as it was originally composed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSal Paradise (Sam Riley), a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat, 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 swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and autobiographical passion. One of the most influential and important novels of the 20th century, \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e is the book that launched the Beat Generation and remains the bible of that literary movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most beautifully executed, the clearest and the most important utterance yet made by the generation Kerouac himself named years ago as \"beat\"' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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, 416 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65812567359837,"sku":"K019690738","price":12.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1969073800001A.jpg?v=1788532862","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/on-the-road-the-original-scroll-jack-kerouac","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}