This article is about the novel. For the band, see Dharma Bums (band). For the temple in San Diego, California, see Dharma Bum Temple.
The Dharma Bums
First edition
Author
Jack Kerouac
Language
English
Genre
Novel, Beat literature
Set in
California, North Carolina, Washington and elsewhere in the U.S. and Mexico, 1955–56
Published
October 2, 1958 (The Viking Press)[1]
Publication place
United States
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages
187
OCLC
23051682
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 20
LC Class
PS3521.E735 D48 1990
Preceded by
The Subterraneans (1958)
Followed by
Doctor Sax (1959)
The Dharma Bums is a 1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. The basis for the novel's semi-fictional accounts are events occurring years after the events of On the Road. The main characters are the narrator Ray Smith, based on Kerouac, and Japhy Ryder, based on the poet and essayist Gary Snyder, who was instrumental in Kerouac's introduction to Buddhism in the mid-1950s.
The book concerns duality in Kerouac's life and ideals, examining the relationship of the outdoors, mountaineering, hiking, and hitchhiking through the western US with his "city life" of jazz clubs, poetry readings, and drunken parties. The protagonist's search for a "Buddhist" context to his experiences (and those of others he encounters) recurs throughout the story.
Released just one year following the success of his previous novel, On the Road, The Dharma Bums was another success for Kerouac and became one of his most popular books. The novel would also go on to have a significant influence on the Hippie counterculture during the 1960s.
^"Books Today". The New York Times: 34. October 2, 1958.
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