On The Road by Jack Kerouac

On the Road by Jack Kerouac is a seminal 1957 novel and the defining text of the Beat Generation, chronicling a frantic, jazz-infused journey across North America. Based on Kerouac’s own travels, it follows narrator Sal Paradise and his wild, idealistic friend Dean Moriarty as they abandon conventional society for a hedonistic, restless search for meaning, freedom, and extreme experiences.