{"product_id":"road-novels-1957-1960","title":"Road Novels 1957-1960","description":"\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoad Novels 1957–1960\u003c\/em\u003e brings together Jack Kerouac’s landmark road narratives in a Library of America edition, preserving a defining chapter in the history of post-war American literature. Spanning the years in which Kerouac’s restless vision reached its fullest expression, the volume gathers \u003cem\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTristessa\u003c\/em\u003e—works that move between cross-country journeys, bohemian friendships, spiritual quests and the fragile intimacies of love. From the highways and jazz clubs of America to the streets of Mexico City, Kerouac follows outsiders in search of freedom, connection and experiences that might transcend the routines of conventional life. Together, these narratives offer a vivid portrait of a writer for whom movement itself became a way of thinking, feeling and writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume also includes \u003cem\u003eLonesome Traveler\u003c\/em\u003e and selections from Kerouac’s journals, bringing travel writing and personal records alongside the novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003eKerouac’s spontaneous prose, shaped by jazz rhythms, Buddhist philosophy and an acute sensitivity to the fleeting moment, helped establish the literary identity of the Beat Generation. Beneath the exhilaration of his journeys, however, lie persistent questions about loneliness, belonging, spiritual fulfilment and the cost of refusing settled lives. The Library of America edition places these works within a carefully curated literary collection, offering readers an opportunity to encounter Kerouac’s early landmark novels and shorter fiction as part of a connected creative period. For established admirers and new readers alike, this volume reveals the range of his imagination, from the exuberant mythology of the open road to quieter, more searching explorations of the self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"x1ll2q23 x1a4oops\"\u003e\nFrom the book\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e— Jack Kerouac, \u003cem\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"x1ll2q23 x1a4oops\"\u003e\nOn \u003cem\u003eRoad Novels 1957–1960\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Kerouac's prose is the prose of a poet, not of a novelist.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003e— Truman Capote\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63902305190218,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/fr\/products\/road-novels-1957-1960","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}