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Wake Up : A Life of the Buddha by Jack Kerouac (2008, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100670019577

ISBN-139780670019571

eBay Product ID (ePID)63879630

Product Key Features

Book TitleWake Up : Alife of the Buddha

Number of Pages176 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

TopicSpirituality, Buddhism / History, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, Religious

GenreReligion, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorJack Kerouac

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight10.3 Oz

Item Length8.7 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"[ Wake Up ] contributes significantly to the fascinating picture of Kerouac's spirituality." -Jonah Raskin, The Beat Review

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal294.363

SynopsisThough 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 Kerouac's 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 Kerouac's evolving beliefs. It is the work of a devoted spiritual follower of the Buddha who also happened to be one of the twentieth century's most influential novelists. Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha will be essential reading for the legions of Jack Kerouac fans and for anyone who is curious about the spiritual principles of one of the world's great religions.