在我有記憶以來，On the Road（中譯為旅途上）可能是我看最久的一部小說，除了那些買來就沒翻過或是看到一半放棄的之外，這部小說花了我長達一年的時間，有時候一天看好幾十頁，有時候一整個月可能只在廁所裡翻上個幾頁…
小說內容主要敘述索爾和他瘋狂的朋友-狄恩，不斷來回於美國東西岸的旅程，他們在途中周旋於不同的女人之間、欣賞爵士樂、「挖」在路上遇到的任何人、用各種可能的手段瘋狂於美洲大陸奔馳，索爾一直跟在狄恩後面，進行著一場又一場瘋狂的旅行，每一段旅行的終點，又是另一段旅行的起點，不斷的狂喜和筋疲力盡，整本小說像極了爵士樂即性的段落，沒有任何的結構，讀者和索爾一樣，永遠無法知道狄恩接下來想做什麼事…
對於看慣了一般有完整架構小說的人來說，On the Road不是一本容易讀的小說，它像是一本隨性的旅遊記事，更像是一首有大量即興段落的爵士樂，作者傑克 凱魯亞克（Jack Kerouac）被視為垮掉的一代（Beat Generation）一詞的代言人，On the Road也被視為戰後的經典，甚至影響了稍後的嘻皮世代，聽說拍攝「中央車站」和「摩托車日記」的導演Walter Salles（個人相當喜愛的導演）將執導這部小說的電影版，或許明年就有機會在大螢幕上重回1957年和狄恩、索爾進行一場瘋狂的旅行了..
"On the Road" to start filming in August
回覆刪除Kristen Stewart goes 'On the Road'
Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund join adaptation of Kerouac novel
LONDON -- Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley and Garrett Hedlund are walking the line for Walter Salles' long-anticipated big-screen adaptation of Jack Kerouac's "On The Road."
Shooting is set to begin in August on the $25 million budgeted production, backers said Thursday.
Salles' producing partner Rebecca Yeldham is teaming up with French production banner MK2 who snapped up the rights and will produce the film in collaboration with Film 4 in the U.K. and Videofilmes in Brazil.
Salles traveled across the U.S. in Kerouac's footsteps to prepare the adaptation, filming a documentary on the search for "On The Road" as part of his prep.
Oscar nominated scribe Jose Rivera ("The Motorcycle Diaries") has penned the adaptation for Salles.
Stewart will play the role of Dean Moriarty's incandescent on-and-off wife Marylou while Riley will star as author Jack Kerouac's alter ego Sal Paradise. Hedlund has been cast as Dean Moriarty.
"We are enormously proud to be collaborating on one of the last great cinematographic adventures of the 20th century to be brought to the screen," stated MK2's Nathanael Karmitz and Charles Gillibert.
Kerouac's cult novel of youth and freedom was first published in 1957 and has sold several million copies all over the world.