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Written during a critical period of his life, Some of the Dharma is a key volume for understanding Kerouac and the spiritual underpinnings of his work While his future masterpiece, On the Road , languished on the desks of unresponsive editors, Kerouac turned to Buddhist practice, and in 1953 began compiling reading notes on the subject intended for his friend Allen Ginsberg. As Kerouac's Buddhist meditation practice intensified, what had begun as notes evolved into a vast and all-encompassing work of nonfiction into which he poured his life, incorporating poems, haiku, prayers, journal entries, meditations, fragments of letters, ideas about writing, overheard conversations, sketches, blues, and more. The final manuscript, completed in 1956, was as visually complex as the writing: each page was unique, typed in patterns and interlocking shapes. The elaborate form that Kerouac so painstakingly gave the book on his manual typewriter is re-created in this typeset facsimile. Passionate and playful, filled with humor, insight, sorrow, and struggle, Some of the Dharma is one of Kerouac's most profound and original works.

Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140287078

ISBN-139780140287073

eBay Product ID (ePID)287146

Product Key Features

Book TitleSome of the Dharma

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

TopicHindu, Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, Buddhist, Literary, American / General

GenreBiography & Autobiography, Religion, Literary Collections, Philosophy

AuthorJack Kerouac

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight26.8 Oz

Item Length10.9 in

Item Width8.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsPraise for Some of the Dharma : "Kerouac's work represents the most extensive experiment in language and literary form undertaken by an American writer of his generation." --Ann Douglas, The New York Times Book Review "This is not only Kerouac's most intimate effort, but among his most vibrant, recording the pattern of his thoughts in a way that, even forty years later, brings them powerfully, incontrovertibly to life." -- New York Newsday "No other Kerouac volume has given away so much 'inside' data about the writer." -- San Francisco Chronicle

Grade fromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal294.3

Grade toUp

Lc Classification NumberBq4012