Sold out but wanted!
Series
More about the book
One of the best and most popular of Kerouac's autobiographical novels, The Dharma Bums is based on experiences the writer had during the mid-1950s while living in California, after he'd become interested in Buddhism's spiritual mode of understanding. One of the book's main characters, Japhy Ryder, is based on the real poet Gary Snyder, who was a close friend and whose interest in Buddhism influenced Kerouac.
Book purchase
The Dharma Bums, Jack Kerouac
- Language
- Released
- 1994
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Hardcover)
Payment methods
We’re missing your review here.
- Title
- The Dharma Bums
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jack Kerouac
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Released
- 1994
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0586091580
- ISBN13
- 9780586091586
- Series
- The Duluoz Legend
- Collection
- Modern Classic
- Tags
- Fiction, Nature, Religious Topics, Classics, USA, Literary Fiction, American Literature, Society, Life, Teens, America, Journey, Mountains and Ranges, San Francisco, Beatniks, Subcultures, Vagrancy
- First published
- 1958
- Original title
- The Dharma Bums
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- One of the best and most popular of Kerouac's autobiographical novels, The Dharma Bums is based on experiences the writer had during the mid-1950s while living in California, after he'd become interested in Buddhism's spiritual mode of understanding. One of the book's main characters, Japhy Ryder, is based on the real poet Gary Snyder, who was a close friend and whose interest in Buddhism influenced Kerouac.