UID:
kobvindex_ZLB16313132
Edition:
Abridged
ISBN:
9781598877052
,
9781598877052
Content:
" The only people for me are the mad ones, wrote Jack Kerouac, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars. On the Road is the classic story of two such characters: Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, who set off on an odyssey through 1950s underground America, fueled by jazz, sex, drugs, mystical philosophy, and a limitless passion for experience."
Content:
Rezension(1): " JACK KEROUAC was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. His first novel, The Town and the City , appeared in 1950, but it was On the Road , first published in 1957, that established his worldwide reputation as the chronicler of the Beat Generation. His later books include The Dharma Bums, The Subterraneans , and Desolation Angels . He died in 1969." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com target=_blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/audiofile_logo.jpg alt=AudioFile Magazine border=0 /〉〈/a〉:Reflecting the jazzy style of its day, ON THE ROAD gave an honest vision to a post-war generation of bored youths longing for sex, drugs and adventure on the open road. Kerouac counterpoints the rhythms and structures of Sal Paradise's long, poetic sentences with Dean Moriarty's bursts of raw energy to create the music of this apotheosis of Beat. Tom Parker (aka Grover Gardner) performs with intelligence in pacing and characterization and complete awareness of meanings. Parker's strong but relaxed voice carries us through the lonely, love-starved American landscape in which the mystical (and now mythological) Moriarty fights a losing battle against oblivion. Tom Parker's performance is tremendous. He makes it seem so easy! P.W. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine"
Language:
English
Keywords:
Hörbuch
URL:
https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1294-1/209137-OnTheRoad.wma
URL:
https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1294-1/209137-OnTheRoad.mp3
URL:
https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=89E52D94-35C0-491B-A012-3102262A42C1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
URL:
http://voebb.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=89E52D94-35C0-491B-A012-3102262A42C1
Author information:
Kerouac, Jack
