Jack Kerouac

This semi-autobiographical tale of Kerouac's own trip to France, to trace his ancestors and explore his own understanding of the Buddhism that came to define his beliefs, contains some of Kerouac's most lyrical descriptions. From his reports of the strangers he meets and the all-night conversations he enjoys in seedy bars in Paris and Brittany, to...

Wybitny amerykański powieściopisarz o życiu i religii Buddy. W połowie lat pięćdziesiątych Jack Kerouac, katolik, przeżył fascynację buddyzmem. Zainteresowanie to wyraźnie wpłynęło na jego duchowość i znalazło odzwierciedlenie w późniejszej twórczości....

"His first novel is a revelation ...the writing is vivid, serious and extraordinary ...wonderful". ("The Times"). "The Sea is My Brother" is Jack Kerouac's very first novel, begun shortly after his tour as a merchant sailor in 1942. Lost during his lifetime, it is an intense portrait of friendship and brotherhood and a meditation on the desire to...

Following the explosive energy of On the Road comes The Dharma Bums in which Kerouac charts the spiritual quest of a group of friends in search of Dharma or Truth. Ray Smith and his friend Japhy, along with Morley the yodeller, head off into the high Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude and experience the Zen way of life. But in wildly bohemian...

On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, quot;a sideburned hero of the snowy West.quot; As quot;Sal Paradisequot; and quot;Dean Moriarty,quot; the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience. Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his...

Włóczędzy Dharmy to powieść drogi napisana przez guru beatników - Jacka Kerouaca. Podczas jednego z licznych spotkań poetyckich Ray Smith i Japhy Ryder, młodzi buntownicy wywodzący się z artystycznej bohemy San Francisco, wpadają na pomysł wyprawy w góry Sierra Nevada. Pragną odnaleźć Dharmę, czyli prawdę. Podróż przez dzikie górskie szlaki staje...