num_pages: 244
description: Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam sessions, and "yabyum" in San Francisco's Bohemia, to solitude in the high Sierras and a vigil atop Desolation Peak in Washington State. Published just a year after On the Road put the Beat Generation on the map, The Dharma Bums is sparked by Kerouac's expansiveness, humor, and a contagious zest for life.
language: English
title: The Dharma Bums
titlecomplete: The Dharma Bums
characters: Japhy Ryder, Ray Smith
genres: Literature, American, Classics, Novels, Adventure, Philosophy, Buddhism, Spirituality, Fiction, Travel
ratings_count: 92740
places: South Carolina, San Francisco, California, Oregon, Los Angeles, California
series: Duluoz Legend
publisher: Penguin Books