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The Dharma bums

by Kerouac Jack

Synopsis

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.

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Book Information

Copyright year 1986
ISBN-13 9780140042528
ISBN-10 0140042520
Class Copyright
Publisher Penguin Books
Subject FICTION
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 244
Length of Recording 8
Shelf No. HN712
Grade Range 12 - 12
Ages 18 - 99