Grab a copy or download the audiobook then join us on Nov. 14, at Radiant Beer Co for a fun discussion of:
Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums
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.
