“On the Road” is an excellent book about the desire to live life to the fullest—about young people for whom life is constant motion at the highest speed. Endless heartfelt conversations, and how to enjoy the thrill of life regardless of circumstances.
Young writer Sal Paradise and his new friend Dean Moriarty set off on a journey across America: New York—Denver—New Orleans—San Francisco—Los Angeles—and back to New York. On the road they meet many interesting people, and in every new city Dean finds his true love, whom he marries easily. But the love of his life remains the daring Marylou—whom he constantly returns to. Constant changes of weather, lack of money, and attempts to earn it. Roadside bars, alcohol, drugs, jazz—all of this is a constant part of the journey.
And every time the heroes try to stop and live like ordinary people: family, work, home. But as soon as Moriarty appears on the horizon, all plans go to pieces… And now they’re driving in an old wreck in search of themselves. Dean Moriarty is a man on the edge of madness, and his madness infects everyone around him. Is he mad—or a wise man?