Description
Pela Estrada Fora.
Lisbon: Ulisseia (Classicos do Romance contemporâneo #39) December 1978. First printing of the second Portuguese edition of On the Road, translated by Hélder dos Santos Carvalho. Front cover artwork by Luiz Duran.
Considered a defining work of the postwar beat and counter culture generations, On the Road was originally published by Viking Press on 5th September, 1957. The novel was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005, and the Modern Library ranked the book 55th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Crown octavo (8vo), 320 pp. In original stiff illustrated gloss-coated wrappers. Wrappers are slightly rubbed with light wear to spine and extremities. Book store label inside. Additional photos available on request.
