{"product_id":"dharma-bums","title":"Dharma Bums","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDharma Bums\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJack Kerouac\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780140042528\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1971\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReissue\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e244\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\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\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Dharma Bums | Jack Kerouac | Paperback | 9780140042528 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1671200","offer_id":48753899241624,"sku":"1671200","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81py3WboOGL.jpg?v=1771938062","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/dharma-bums","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}