The Dharma Bums
Ratings67
Average rating3.9
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Ratings67
Average rating3.9
Published 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.
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Being on the road with Ray or up in desolation, this book is amazingly pleasant to read. Meditation, hiking and bum are part of this book and all lead to a simpler life
Maybe it's that I'm not in my early twenties anymore, but Kerouac has lost his luster. Maybe it's just that Dharma Bums is not On the Road. Whatever the issue, this novel had no real draw for me. Nothing that compelled me to keep reading, nothing really to say that is was any good at all. Okay, I don't mind reading about hiking or about Buddhism. I'll give it that.
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