The Dharma Bums

ISBN-10
0848813995
ISBN-13
9780848813994
Series
The Dharma Bums
Category
Fiction
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
1976
Publisher
Amereon Limited
Author
Jack Kerouac

Description

From the author of On The Road comes this 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.

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