The Dharma Bums,
by Jack Kerouac
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac is a
terrific follow-up to the author's classic On The Road. This time the
pace is less frantic and more contemplative with Kerouac's stand-in, 'Ray Smith'
finding a sense of self-reliance and inner peace as he and friend/muse 'Japhy
Ryder' (Zen/Beat poet Gary Snyder in disguise) go mountain climbing. Very much
in the spirit of Whitman and Thoreau in its tone and just as reflective. (For a
good introduction to Gary Snyder's poems & prose, check out
The Gary Snyder Reader.)
-Ed
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