{"product_id":"the-dharma-bums-9780140042528","title":"The Dharma Bums","description":"\u003cb\u003eJack Kerouac's classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1958, a year after\u003ci\u003e On the Road\u003c\/i\u003e put the Beat Generation on the map, \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums \u003c\/i\u003estands 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/1971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140042528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.77h x 5.06w x 0.52d","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634739376284,"sku":"9780140042528","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_27220100-8840-40c4-8c8c-37cc6153944c.jpg?v=1603837527","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dharma-bums-9780140042528","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}