Gothamist: On The Road Turns 50

guest

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:59:43 -0500

that's why they call him Jack Ker U wack. Cause he's wack. I remember my obnoxious college writing classes had this as mandatory reading. THE STRANGER is soooo much better for post pubescent alienation. Camus is the man.

Nick S

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:32:47 -0500

re: 4 - im not claiming to be a better writer than jack kerouac. not sure where you got that from. re: 5.. i used to LOVE the book when i was, indeed, an annoying teenager. then i reread it about 6 months ago and while it brought back good memories... it didn't stand up to the literature i'd absorbed since high school.

guest

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:41:30 -0500

it's so cool to think that really popular works are overrated. i wonder if the first three posters have even read the book.

ohplease

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:41:05 -0500

yeah i'm sure both of you guys' books are much better than this

Nick S

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:33:06 -0500

annoying high schoolers across the country are getting ready to celebrate.

guest

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:16:32 -0500

50 years of being extremely overrated

guest

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:09:31 -0500

I never understood the adulation "on the road" gets. I mean the dude was a deadbeat dad who left his wife and children to suffer. What a dick!