DHARMA BUMS-KEROUAC

Jack Kerouacs classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature.

First published in 1958, a year afterOn the Roadput the Beat Generation on the map,The Dharma Bumsstands as one of Jack Kerouacs most powerful and influentialnovels. The story focuses on two ebullient young Americansmountaineer, poet, and Zen Buddhist Japhy Ryder, and Ray Smith, a zestful, innocent writerwhose quest for Truth leads them on a heroic odyssey, from marathon parties and poetry jam sessions in San Franciscos Bohemia to solitude and mountain climbing in the High Sierras.