{"product_id":"penguin-essentials-on-the-road","title":"Penguin Essentials: On the Road","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-index-in-node=\"0\" data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eThe Definitive Anthem of the Beat Generation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eFirst published in 1957, \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"25\" data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e is the quintessential American vision of freedom and hope. It is the book that defined a generation and changed the landscape of American literature forever. Based on Kerouac’s own travels across the continent in the late 1940s, the story follows Sal Paradise, a young writer, and his magnetic, wild-spirited friend Dean Moriarty. Together, they embark on a series of breathless journeys across the United States and Mexico in a raw, frantic quest for experience, meaning, and self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eDriven by a soundtrack of bebop jazz and fueled by a desire to escape the conformity of postwar society, the narrative captures the grit and exhilaration of life on the open highway. Written in Kerouac’s signature \"spontaneous prose\" style—famously typed onto a single 120-foot roll of paper—the book serves as both a restless travelogue and a poetic celebration of youth, rebellion, and the search for \"IT\" amidst the landscape of the American dream.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40136110833749,"sku":"9780241951538N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/f2c862d1-d38c-49c2-b9bf-3d878f28f98c.jpg?v=1656153617","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/penguin-essentials-on-the-road","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}