“They were like the man with the dungeon stone and gloom, rising from the underground, the sordid hipsters of America, a new beat generation that I was slowly joining.”
Quote by Jack Kerouac
Work
On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
A seminal work in the Beat Generation, this novel follows the road-trip adventures of Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, exploring themes of identity, alienation, and the American Dream. more
Author
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac, born on March 12, 1922, in Lowell, Massachusetts, was an influential American novelist. Known for his autobiographical novels and beat literature, his most famous work is 'On the Road'. Kerouac's writings had a profound impact on American culture in the 1960s. more
You May Also Like
“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?”
Source: On the Road
“So long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.”
Source: Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings
Source: The Portable Jack Kerouac
Source: The Portable Jack Kerouac
“Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind.”
Source: Selected letters, 1940-1956
“Remove literary, grammatical and syntactical inhibition.”
Source: Selected letters, 1940-1956
“No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge”
Source: The Portable Jack Kerouac