An edition of The Dharma Bums (1950)

Dharma Bums

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An edition of The Dharma Bums (1950)

Dharma Bums

Unabridged edition
  • 4.50 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 41 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 19 Have read

The Dharma Bums is a 1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. The basis for the novel's semi-fictional accounts are events occurring years after the events of On the Road. The main characters are the narrator Ray Smith, based on Kerouac, and Japhy Ryder, based on the poet and essayist Gary Snyder, who was instrumental in Kerouac's introduction to Buddhism in the mid-1950s.

The book concerns duality in Kerouac's life and ideals, examining the relationship of the outdoors, mountaineering, hiking, and hitchhiking through the west US with his "city life" of jazz clubs, poetry readings, and drunken parties. The protagonist's search for a "Buddhist" context to his experiences (and those of others he encounters) recurs throughout the story. The book had a significant influence on the Hippie counterculture of the 1960s.

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Cover of: The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
October 31, 2006, Penguin Classics
in English
Cover of: The Dharma bums
The Dharma bums
2006, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Dharma Bums
Dharma Bums
November 2004, Blackstone Audiobooks
Audio CD in English - Unabridged edition
Cover of: The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums
May 27, 1976, Penguin (Non-Classics)
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Dharma bums
The Dharma bums
1973, Deutsch
in English

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Audio CD
Dimensions
5.7 x 4.9 x 1 inches
Weight
8 ounces

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OL8108833M
ISBN 10
0786185791
ISBN 13
9780786185795
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82840
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