Postcard 10: On the road

We all know the great “road movies” of America. Films like Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, The Terminator and Little Miss Sunshine to name a view. These kind of stories often begin with a book or a short story. These books are about little or big tragedies, the people in them undergo big changes and the stories often end in a way that makes you think about them.

The books read by the “On the road” group are books that describe a journey on the road too but also one into the awareness of people and their situations. Situations the writers find themselves in but also of the people they meet along the way. When you want a shallow horror, fiction or detective story, skip these books, but if you want to read a book about real people, real lives and real events, do read these three books and you will not be disappointed.