The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac: Summary & Analysis
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (795 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071SLQL6B |
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| Number of Pages | : | 275 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The book concerns duality in Kerouac's life and ideals, examining the relationship of the outdoors, mountaineering, hiking, and hitchhiking through the West with his "city life" of jazz clubs, poetry readings, and drunken parties. The book had a significant influence on the hippie counterculture of the 1960s.. The Dharma Bums is a 1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. 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 basis for the novel's semi-fictional accounts are events occurring years after the events of On the Road. The protagonist's search for a "Buddhist" context to his experiences (and those of others he encounters) recurs throughout the story. Note: This is a summary and analysis of The Dharma Bums and not the original book