![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When I studied the text on an American literature course in university, I’d already read On the Road two or three times, and when people started to say they didn’t like the book for its derogatory depiction of women, admittedly it threw me slightly. The book has become less an exploration of freedom and the American dream and more an exploration of racial slurs and sexism. However, in more recent years its readers, particularly academics, have raised questions regarding the depiction of women in the novel, which seems to have somewhat muddied its image. In 2012 it was adapted into a film of the same title, and it was the book that Kerouac became most famous for, despite an abundance of other published works. ![]() It’s a Penguin Modern Classic-a book that you’ve either read or have heard so much about you feel like you’ve read it. Upon its release in September 1957, it quickly became a handbook for hipsters and vagabonds, particularly the young, and has well-earned its place on post-1945 American Literature courses and bookcases around the world. Kerouac’s On the Road is undoubtedly one of the definitive novels of the Beat generation and the twentieth century-perhaps even of all time. ![]()
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