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Article: Taking note of the enduring Jack Kerouac.(BOOKS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 23, 2007
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Byline: John Greenya, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
On the battered cover of my paperback copy of "On the Road" ("A Signet Novel $1.25"), right beneath the title, it says, "One of the most powerful and important novels of our time. The book that turned on a generation." Considering how tough it is to make literary predictions, that's close to being right on the money.
I don't think anyone can quarrel with either "powerful" or "important," but "book that turned on a generation" is a tougher sell, in part because "turned on" evokes too many different images. Nonetheless, the fact that the 50th anniversary of the book's publication has become a literary "event" is a ...