The Dharma Bums: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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- 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.
- Copyright:
- 1958
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781101199305
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780140042528
- Publisher:
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 05/16/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Jack Kerouac, 1
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Grade Levels:
- Twelfth grade
- Reading Age:
- 18 and up
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.