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The Dharma Bums
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The Dharma Bums
Follows two young men engaged in a passionate search for dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen way, which takes them climbing into the high sierras to seek the lesson of solitude.
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Another addition to Penguin Modern Classics' key Kerouac holdings.
The Dharma Bums appeared just one year after the author's explosive On the Road had put the Beat Generation on the literary map and Kerouac on the best-seller list. The same expansiveness, humour, and contagious zest for life that sparked the earlier novels sparks this one too, but through a more cohesive story.
The books follow two young men engaged in a passionate search for dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen way, which takes them climbing into the high sierras to seek the lesson of solitude.
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac is often celebrated for its vivid portrayal of the Beat Generation, capturing the essence of spiritual exploration and the quest for enlightenment. Reviews highlight the novel's energetic prose and vibrant depiction of a journey through America infused with Buddhist philosophy and countercultural elements. Kerouac's narrative is praised for its authenticity and the interplay between personal introspection and the larger quest for meaning.
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ISBN: 9780141184883
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 August 2000
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Introduction by Ann Douglas
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 181g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Jack Kerouac wrote a number of hugely influential and popular novels. He is remembered as one of the key figures of the legendary Beat generation. As much as anything, he came to represent a philosophy, a way of life. Ann Douglas is Professor of Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She has published numerous essays, articles and book reviews on American culture in papers and periodicals such as The New York Times, The Nation and Slate, and introductions for Little Women, Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Subterraneans among others. Prof. Douglas teaches twentieth-century American literature, film, music, and politics, with an emphasis on the Cold War era, African-American culture, and post-colonial approaches. She is currently at work on a book, Noir Nation- Cold War U.S. Culture 1945-1960.
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