by Jack Kerouac · Editorial Anagrama · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788433961396
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Immerse yourself in one of the most emblematic works by Jack Kerouac, the writer who personified the Beat Generation. In 'The Dharma Bums', Kerouac takes us to California to explore his discovery of Buddhism and its first law: 'life is suffering'. Through the eyes of disheveled and feverish young people, the author shows us the search for the true meaning of Dharma, communion with nature on mountain peaks, fraternity, and poetry. All of this is seasoned with wine, marijuana, and orgies, where Kerouac himself appears as Ray Smith, while the poet and Buddhist Gary Snyder transforms into Japhy Ryder. You can also identify Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, among other participants in the 'San Francisco Renaissance', brilliantly narrated in this book. 'The Dharma Bums' catapulted Kerouac as an essential representative of the resurgence of a spirituality that was also a new way of relating, a breath of fresh air in an increasingly virtual world.
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
