The Dharma Bums

<b>Jack Kerouac’s classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature<br></b><br><b>“In [<i>On the Road</i>] Kerouac’s heroes were sensation seekers; now they are seekers after truth . . . the novel often attains a beautiful dignity.”—<i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br><b><br></b>First published in 1958, a year after<i> On the Road</i> put the Beat Generation on the map, <i>The Dharma Bums </i>stands 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.