num_pages: 187
description: A deluxe edition of Kerouac's 1958 classicPublished just one year after On The Road , this is the 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.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
language: English
title: The Dharma Bums
titlecomplete: The Dharma Bums
characters: Ray Smith, Japhy Ryder
genres: American, Philosophy, Buddhism, Novels, Travel, Literature, Classics, Adventure, Fiction, Spirituality
ratings_count: 92728
places: South Carolina, Oregon, Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, California
series: Duluoz Legend
publisher: Penguin Classics