{"product_id":"on-the-road-original-scroll","title":"On The Road Original Scroll","description":"\u003cp\u003eFive decades after it was first published, Jack Kerouac''s seminal Beat novel \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e finally finds its way to the big screen, in a production from award-winning director Walter Salles (\u003ci\u003eMotorcycle Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e) starring Sam Riley (\u003ci\u003eControl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrighton Rock\u003c\/i\u003e), Garret Hedlund (\u003ci\u003eFriday Night Lights\u003c\/i\u003e), Kristen Stewart (\u003ci\u003eTwilight\u003c\/i\u003e), Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams and Viggo Mortensen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition is transcribed from the original manuscript: hundreds of typed pages taped together by Kerouac to form a ''scroll'', published word for word as it was originally composed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSal Paradise (Sam Riley), a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream. A brilliant blend of fiction and autobiography, Jack Kerouac''s exhilarating novel swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and autobiographical passion. One of the most influential and important novels of the 20th century, \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e is the book that launched the Beat Generation and remains the bible of that literary movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The most beautifully executed, the clearest and the most important utterance yet made by the generation Kerouac himself named years ago as \"beat\"'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57304353112446,"sku":"NW9780141189215","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141189215.jpg?v=1778236606","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/on-the-road-original-scroll","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}