Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac
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Another autobiographical novel from Kerouac, THE DHARMA BUMS, encompasses the ideals of freedom set forth by Whitman and Thoreau, with Buddhism thrown in for good measure. Focusing on the friendship between Ray Smith (modelled on Kerouac) and Japhy Ryder (Gary Snyder), the Buddhist sub-theme is evoked in Smith and Ryder's wish to introduce the concept of Dharma to others. Acknowledged by Kerouac scholars to be a more mature work than ON THE ROAD, THE DHARMA BUMS is called "perhaps the most representative expression of the Beat sensibility in a work of fiction" by Sue L. Kimball in "Critical Survey of Long Fiction."
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Publisher Iofy |
Date 1992 |
Price None Available |
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Publisher Blackstone Audio Inc |
Date 2005 |
Price $34.57 |
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Publisher Penguin Group USA |
Date 1991 |
Price $1.60 |
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Publisher Amereon Ltd |
Date 1976 |
Price $50.95 |
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Publisher Buccaneer Books |
Date 1976 |
Price $16.00 |
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Publisher Viking Pr |
Date 2008 |
Price $8.27 |
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Publisher Penguin Classics |
Date 2006 |
Price $7.50 |
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Publisher Blackstone Audio Inc |
Date 2004 |
Price $18.98 |
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Publisher Blackstone Audio Inc |
Date 1991 |
Price $15.00 |
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Publisher Blackstone Audio Inc |
Date 2004 |
Price $23.70 |
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Media Reviews
"Whatever one may think of the soundness of his philosophy, which at the moment seems to be Zen Buddhism, Jack Kerouac is a writer who cannot be charged with dullness. 'The Dharma Bums' is as disorderly, ungrammatical, and readable as his 'On the Road', and while it contains less gaudy misbehavior it offers a better alternative to the gray flannel suit than the prisoner's uniform."
First Line
Hopping a freight out of Los Angeles at high noon one day in late September 1955 I got on a gondola and lay down with my duffel bag under my head and my knees crossed and contemplated the clouds as we rolled north to Santa Barbara.
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