markm reviewed On the road by Jack Kerouac
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2 stars
Sorry, I just don't get it.(27)
Paperback, 392 pages
Czech language
Published 2019 by Argo.
Na cestě
by Jack Kerouac
- ISBN:
- 978-80-257-2997-7
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3 stars
(228 reviews)
Jeden z nejslavnějších a nejčtenějších amerických románů 20. století. Kniha, která definovala jednu generaci, totiž tzv. „beat generation“, a ovlivnila generace následující. Kniha, která změnila život nesčetnému množství čtenářů. Kniha extaticky odvázaná a prodchnutá dychtivostí po životě, ale zároveň plná niterného smutku a nevyléčitelné melancholie. To vše, a ještě mnohem víc je Kerouacův román Na cestě, spontánní, jazykově vynalézavý, jazzem načichlý, zběsile plynoucí záznam několikaletého putování vypravěče Sala Paradise (v němž poznáváme samotného autora) napříč Amerikou a Mexikem na přelomu čtyřicátých a padesátých let, většinou po boku charismatického Deana Moriartyho, jehož předlohou byl Neal Cassady, Kerouacův obdivovaný přítel a múza, neřízená střela řítící se životem zběsilou rychlostí.
doug reviewed On the road by Jack Kerouac
Review of 'On the road' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
I hate this book. It is without a doubt the most overrated American book ever. I want to punch this book in the face.
John G. reviewed On the road by Jack Kerouac
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4 stars
There's a calm in the eye of even the roughest hurricane. "[b:On the Road|6288|The Road|Cormac McCarthy|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21E8H3D1JSL.SL75.jpg|3355573]" is pretty much a category 5 storm. The writing is frenetic and the plot is all over the place. But where you least expect it, an [b:eye of the storm|92364|Eye of the Needle|Ken Follett|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171245794s/92364.jpg|395229] appears, and wisdom emerges with such clarity and profundity that you think, "Wow, I'm glad I kept reading."
One such moment: "Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not courting talk--real straight talk about souls, for life is holy and every moment is precious." (Part 1, Chapter 10).
It's such moments of reflection that make the book worthwhile to me. I also recommend Matt Dillon's audiobook narration. (Yes, Matt Dillon). His James Dean style of wary impudence fits the book very well.
torin reviewed On the road by Jack Kerouac
Review of 'On the road' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I wasn't very impressed with this novel, though the descriptions of jazz were perfect.
Subjects
- Beat generation
- Fiction
- Autobiographical fiction
- Beat generation in literature
- History and criticism
- American Autobiographical fiction
- Literature
- Classic Literature
- Beat generation -- Fiction
- Beats (Persons)
- Bohemianism
- Drugs
- Jazz
- Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969
- Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Literature: Classics
- Classics
- Fiction / Literary
- Page proofs (Printing)
- Reading Level-Grade 11
- Reading Level-Grade 10
- Reading Level-Grade 12
- NOVELAS ESTADOUNIDENSES
- American fiction (fictional works by one author)
- English language