{"product_id":"the-dharma-bums-9780140042528","title":"The Dharma Bums","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jack Kerouac\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Kerouac's classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In [\u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e] Kerouac's heroes were sensation seekers; now they are seekers after truth . . . the novel often attains a beautiful dignity.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFirst published in 1958, a year after\u003ci\u003e On the Road\u003c\/i\u003e put the Beat Generation on the map, \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums \u003c\/i\u003estands as one of Jack Kerouac's most powerful and influential novels. The story focuses on two ebullient young Americans--mountaineer, poet, and Zen Buddhist Japhy Ryder, and Ray Smith, a zestful, innocent writer--whose quest for Truth leads them on a heroic odyssey, from marathon parties and poetry jam sessions in San Francisco's Bohemia to solitude and mountain climbing in the High Sierras.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355364810903,"sku":"9780140042528","price":854.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780140042528.webp?v=1767670729","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-dharma-bums-9780140042528","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}