On the Road
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This was the first book by Kerouac I’d ever read and I absolutely loved it.The book, which is almost an autobiography as most — all? — of Kerouac’s books, narrates the story of Sal’s journeys around the States and inside his soul, and his friendship with a very weird and eclectic guy: Dean.If you think this is just a novel about some weirdo driving around the States, you’re so wrong. I mean, it is, but it’s so much more.I love traveling, I always had and always will, but this book gave a whole other meaning to the word travel. While I was reading it, I just wanted to hop on a car and drive with no destination. Traveling for the sake of it! That is, I believe, what traveling really is about: it’s not where you end up, it’s how you got there.If after reading this book you don’t yearn for a trip, then something must be desperately wrong with you.
This post was written 1 year, 6 months ago on December 11th, 2006 mid-afternoon.
