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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Jack Kerouac's classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature <p/></b>First published in 1958, a year after<i> On the Road</i> put the Beat Generation on the map, <i>The Dharma Bums </i>stands 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>In [<i>On the Road</i>] Kerouac's heroes were sensation seekers; now they are seekers after truth . . . the novel often attains a beautiful dignity, and builds towards a moving climax.<br><b>--<i>The Chicago Tribune</i></b> <p/>In his often brilliant descriptions of nature one is aware of exhilarating power and originality . . . the entire cast of characters is presented with that not unrefreshing blend of naivete and sophistication that seems to be this author's forte.<br><b>--<i>The New York Times</i> Book Review <p/></b>Full of sparkling descritions of landscape and weather, light falling through trees, the smell of snow, the motion of animals . . . Jack Kerouac is a writer who cannot be charged with dullness.<b><br>--<i>The Atlantic </i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jack Kerouac(1922-1969), the central figure of the Beat Generation, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922 and died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969. Among his many novels are <b>On the Road</b>, <b>The Dharma Bums</b>, <b>Big Sur</b>, and <b>Visions of Cody</b>.

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