One of the best and most popular of Kerouac''s autobiographical
novels, The Dharma Bums is based on experiences the writer
had during the mid-1950s while living in California, after he''d
become interested in Buddhism''s spiritual mode of understanding.
One of the book''s main characters, Japhy Ryder, is based on the
real poet Gary Snyder, who was a close
friend and whose interest in Buddhism influenced Kerouac. This book
is a must-read for any serious Kerouac fan.
內容簡介:
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.
關於作者:
Jack Kerouac wrote a number of hugely influential and popular
novels. He is remembered as one of the key figures of the legendary
Beat generation. As much as anything, he came to represent a
philosophy, a way of life. Ann Douglas is Professor of Comparative
Literature at Columbia University. She has published numerous
essays, articles and book reviews on American culture in papers and
periodicals such as The New York Times, The Nation and Slate, and
introductions for Little Women, Uncle Tom''s Cabin and The
Subterraneans among others. Prof. Douglas teaches twentieth-century
American literature, film, music, and politics, with an emphasis on
the Cold War era, African-American culture, and post-colonial
approaches. She is currently at work on a book, Noir Nation: Cold
War U.S. Culture 1945-1960.