THE DHARMA BUMS
by Kerouac, Jack
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
The Dharma Bums is a 1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. The semi-fictional accounts in the novel are based upon events that occurred years after the events of On the Road. The main characters are the narrator Ray Smith, based on Kerouac, and Japhy Ryder, based on the poet, essayist Gary Snyder, who was instrumental in Kerouac's introduction to Buddhism in the mid-1950s.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76073
- Title
- THE DHARMA BUMS
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Literature, Beat Literature, Buddhism, Buddhist Religion, San Francisco, California
Terms of Sale
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