Wake Up - A Life of the Buddha
$35.00 CAD • Used
A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Extensive intro by Robert A.F. Thurman ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 146 pages; "Though raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac...
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A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Extensive intro by Robert A.F. Thurman ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 146 pages; "Though raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and their expression in his writing from Mexico City Blues to The Dharma Bums. Published for the first time in book form, Wake Up is Kerouacs retelling of the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who as a young man abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for Enlightenment. As a compendium of the teachings of the Buddha, Wake Up is a profound meditation on the nature of life, desire, wisdom, and suffering. Distilled from a wide variety of canonical scriptures, Wake Up serves as both a concise primer on the concepts of Buddhism and as an insightful and deeply personal document of Kerouacs evolving beliefs."
Product Info
ISBN: 0670019577
ISBN-13: 9780670019571
Publisher: Viking
Year: 2008
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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