The Dharma Bums
Recommended by Josh Waitzkin, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #58 in Wanderlust, Ranked #90 in Zen Buddhism — see more rankings.
Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam sessions, and "yabyum" in San Francisco's Bohemia to solitude in the high Sierras and a vigil atop Desolation Peak in Washington State. Published just a year after On the Road put the Beat Generation on the map, The Dharma Bums is sparked by Kerouac's expansiveness, humor, and a contagious zest for life. less
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Josh Waitzkin If we go back to when I was seventeen, Jack Kerouac has had a huge impact in my life on the road. His books tapped me into the idea that life could be ecstatically beautiful. (Source)
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