| Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha Contributor(s): Kerouac, Jack (Author), Thurman, Robert (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143116010 ISBN-13: 9780143116011 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: In the early 1950s, Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality. As a compendium of the teachings of the Buddha, "Wake Up" is a profound meditation on the nature of life, desire, wisdom, and suffering. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Spirituality |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.78" W x 6.12" (0.37 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jack Kerouac's profound meditations on the Buddha's life and religion In the mid-1950s, Jack Kerouac, a lifelong Catholic, became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that had a significant impact on his ideas of spirituality and later found expression in such books as Mexico City Blues and The Dharma Bums. Originally written in 1955 and now published for the first time in paperback, Wake Up is Kerouac's retelling of the life of Prince Siddhartha Gotama, who as a young man abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for enlightenment. Distilled from a wide variety of canonical scriptures, Wake Up serves as both a penetrating account of the Buddha's life and a concise primer on the principal teachings of Buddhism. |