Re: Kerouac
Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Wed, 04 Nov 1998 19:19:18 -0800 (PST)
>
> Then Liz responded:
>
> > Did you like the book? I'm actually reading it right now. I haven't
> > really decided on wether I like it or not. Maybe you can give me
some
> > insights on the book.
>
> I'm probably going to get railroaded for this, but I think ON THE ROAD
> is really geared toward a "guy's" experience; it lacks a feminine
> quality. My husband loved it, but I just couldn't get into the
> characters that much.
>
> I think from a literary perspective, it's loaded with fabulous insight
> (zen buddhism, soul-searching, etc.), but to read it for "fun" like I
> did just didn't keep my interest.
>
> For years now, I've been contemplating writing a "female" ON THE ROAD,
> to explore where women have to "go" to understand their world. Does
> anyone know of one already out? I'd love to read it.
>
> Also, does anyone know the difference between Kerouac's Zen Buddhist
> practices and Salinger's kind of Buddhism? They're not the same,
right?
>
> --Kari
>
Yeah I just finished reading On The Road yesterday and I was
dissapointed. I though it would a great exciting American novel but by
the end of the book I was pretty bored. It became so repetitive with
drinking, drugs, and getting women pregnant. They all leached off
relatives and they had no ambition. Dean Moriarty got on my nerves. I
just couldn't connect with the jerk. I don't know, some of it was
interesting but I can't say that it was a great book.
-Liz Friedman
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