{"product_id":"wake-up-a-life-of-the-buddha-9780143116011","title":"Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha","description":"\u003cb\u003eJack Kerouac's profound meditations on the Buddha's life and religion\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the mid-1950s, Jack Kerouac, a lifelong Catholic, became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that had a significant impact on his ideas of spirituality and later found expression in such books as \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/i\u003e. Originally written in 1955 and now published for the first time in paperback, \u003ci\u003eWake Up\u003c\/i\u003e is Kerouac's retelling of the life of Prince Siddhartha Gotama, who as a young man abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for enlightenment. Distilled from a wide variety of canonical scriptures, \u003ci\u003eWake Up\u003c\/i\u003e serves as both a penetrating account of the Buddha's life and a concise primer on the principal teachings of Buddhism.\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 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143116011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.12h x 4.78w x 0.60d","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634909933724,"sku":"9780143116011","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8309d07e-6c8d-4f77-939f-7ed08085aea8.jpg?v=1603837986","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wake-up-a-life-of-the-buddha-9780143116011","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}