Why Kerouac Matters

Why Kerouac Matters
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 9781101202654
ISBN-13 : 1101202653
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Book Synopsis Why Kerouac Matters by : John Leland

Download or read book Why Kerouac Matters written by John Leland and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-08-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legions of youthful Americans have taken On the Road as a manifesto for rebellion and an inspiration to hit the road. But there is much more to the book than that. In Why Kerouac Matters, John Leland embarks on a wry, insightful, and playful discussion of the novel, arguing that it still matters because it lays out an alternative road map to growing up. Along the way, Leland overturns many misconceptions about On the Road as he examines the lessons that Kerouac's alter ego, Sal Paradise, absorbs and dispenses on his novelistic journey to manhood, and how those lessons-about work and money, love and sex, art and holiness - still reverberate today.


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