On the Street

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:book
gptkbp:adaptations gptkb:film
gptkbp:author gptkb:Jack_Kerouac
gptkbp:available_formats gptkb:audiobook
ebook
hardcover
paperback
gptkbp:awards gptkb:none
gptkbp:character_development Dean's charisma
Sal's journey
gptkbp:cover_artist gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired counterculture movements
gptkbp:editor gptkb:unknown
gptkbp:first_edition 1958 Viking Press edition
gptkbp:format narrative non-fiction
gptkbp:genre gptkb:non-fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label On the Street
gptkbp:influenced American literature
autobiographical fiction
modern literature
travel writing
memoir writing
road literature
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:jazz_music
gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkb:Walt_Whitman
gptkb:Henry_Miller
American road trips
Beat philosophy
Bebop culture
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Beat_Generation
gptkbp:is_cited_in literary studies
cultural critiques
biographies of Jack Kerouac
gptkbp:isbn 978-0140042590
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:length 192 pages
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Dean_Moriarty
gptkb:Sal_Paradise
gptkbp:narrative_style first-person
gptkbp:notable_quote " The only people for me are the mad ones."
" I want to be where it's at."
" The road is life."
gptkbp:pages 192
gptkbp:published_year gptkb:1958
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Viking_Press
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:On_the_Road
gptkb:The_Dharma_Bums
gptkbp:setting gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:setting_time 1950s
gptkbp:themes gptkb:friendship
gptkb:spirituality
freedom
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bill_Cunningham_New_York
gptkb:Bill_Cunningham
gptkb:Amy_Arbus
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