Dharma Bums

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Summary: THE GREATEST BOOK OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!
Review: ever since i've read this book 2 yrs. ago i havn't found a single book that could even match it! 5 stars?? that's to little to rate the dharma bums, i'd give as high as numbers can go!!!!! it's the perfect book, mixing zen, han shan, sex, poetry, mountain climbing, and everytthing else that rox!! GET THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Dharma FreeLoaders
Review: This book was interesting. From it I have learned how the long haired, lazy, hippie types think. A pretentious book by a pretentious author. Read it and weep.

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Summary: A pefect battle of religion, alcohol, and poetry.
Review: Published only a year after his masterpiece On The Road, Dharma Bums is a visionary look at the debilitating effects of fame and alcohol. It follows Ray Smith (Jack) and Jahy Rider (Gary Snyder) on a buddhist romp through the mountains of the west coast. Contemplating their religions and beliefs and coming to beautiful realisations about the world ("You can't fall off a mountain"), they create the rucksack revolution. A beautiful insight into thought and poetry. A must for anyone who wants to learn to think or expand their mind.

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Summary: a book that touched me soul deep
Review: I read THE DHARMA BUMS while driving a truck and living on a little farm with my parents. I got up every morning well before dawn and read the novel till I had to drive to the construction site. No novel except THE CATCHER IN THE RYE or HEART OF DARKNESS so moved me. Many of the things the author did with his friend, I did on my own and with my best friend. I felt that I was reading the words of a brother. I recommend this book to anyone who loves great, original, and real solid writing.

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Summary: a good book
Review: it is a good book. nirvana did a song for this called"beans"

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Summary: Avalokitesvara's compassion at work!
Review: the Bums is an amazing account of the spiritual journey of a struggling catholic -- become part of the "rucksack revolution" described by Japhy Ryder (Gary Snyder) in the work -- do not let yourself become one of the living room zombies! the book itself is a great read that will keep all interested, mainly because it is true. well, hope you enjoy the work! PEACE.

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Summary: interesting
Review: I was not alive during the time of the Beat Generation, so my experience is limited to brief summaries in history textbooks and to the literature to come out of this time. Kerouac's book is fascinating; it's thought-provoking and beautiful. The scenes atop Desolation Peak are enough to seize the reader with a desire to go out, to leave whatever is holding him or her back, and to experience nature and oneself in a new way.

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Summary: good
Review: A very good book. It gives the reader a real feeling for the beats, what they stood for and so on. One of the best things about this book for me was the fact that I can see myself in japhy or rays shoe's. I love the northwest, and have hiked around desolation peak, so it was cool to read about it. Not having been alive when the beats were around, it was good to see that people of my parents generation thought like I do. I reccomended dahrma bums to some of my friends. Both of them were like, "Why?" They totally didn't get it at all. Possibly that's an indication of the intelligence level of the people I hang out with, but oh well.

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Summary: wow! if only we all could write like this.
Review: Only Kerouac could capture any moment in his absolute awe. His never-stopping living loving yeah-yeah words invoke images and feelings like no other author. Read this book. Live this book.

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Summary: A Glance at a funny, exthatic travel inside all of us...
Review: I read Kerouac in variuos occasions, alone and with friends, all his novels, letters and biographies. This "Dharma Bums" is particularly linked to a happy year of my life (1993) and I enjoyed a lot that California 1955, cottages, tea and cakes, poems to read together, girls around, etc. That was really a funny and exciting Bohemia, probably no more possible today but so important for all young readers looking for love and right path in this troubled world. The sensible approach to life Kerouac had is incredible because of its sadness, melancholy and attention to each magic of daily life!!