| The Dharma Bums: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Contributor(s): Kerouac, Jack (Author), Douglas, Anne (Introduction by), Jason (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0143039601 ISBN-13: 9780143039600 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Two ebullient young men search for truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam sessions, and "yabyum" in San Francisco's Bohemia to solitude in the high Sierras and a vigil atop Desolation Peak in Washington State. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Biographical - Fiction | Religious - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006051511 |
| Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.3" (0.56 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A deluxe edition of Kerouac's 1958 classic Published just one year after On The Road, this is the story of two men enganged in a passionate search for Dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen Way, which takes them climbing into the High Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |