On the Road
On the Road swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat. Now recognized as a modern classic, its American Dream is nearer that of Walt Whitman than Scott Fitzgerald, and it goes racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberan...
On the Road swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat. Now recognized as a modern classic, its American Dream is nearer that of Walt Whitman than Scott Fitzgerald, and it goes racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and autobiographical passion.
杰克·凱魯亞克(Jack Kerouac, 1922-1969),1922年3月12日,凱魯亞克出生于馬薩諸塞州洛厄爾,父母為法裔美國人,他是家中幼子。他曾在當(dāng)?shù)靥熘鹘毯凸W(xué)校就讀,以橄欖球獎學(xué)金入紐約哥倫比亞大學(xué),結(jié)識愛倫·金斯堡、威廉·巴勒斯和尼爾·卡薩迪等“垮掉的一代”。
凱魯亞克大學(xué)二年級退學(xué)從事文學(xué)創(chuàng)作,并輾轉(zhuǎn)于美國海軍和商用航運(yùn)公司等處。1950年,第一部小說《鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)和城市》出版。1957年的《在路上》問世后,他成為“垮掉的一代”的代言人,躋身二十世紀(jì)最有爭議的著名作家行列。他還著有《達(dá)摩流浪者》、《地下人》、《孤獨(dú)的旅人》和《孤獨(dú)天使》等作品。
1969年10月21日,凱魯亞克在佛羅里達(dá)圣彼得堡去世,享年47歲。
