{"product_id":"9780140042528","title":"The Dharma Bums","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Kerouac’s classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1958, a year after\u003ci\u003e On the Road\u003c\/i\u003e put the Beat Generation on the map, \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums \u003c\/i\u003estands as one of Jack Kerouac's most powerful and influential novels. The story focuses on two ebullient young Americans—mountaineer, poet, and Zen Buddhist Japhy Ryder, and Ray Smith, a zestful, innocent writer—whose quest for Truth leads them on a heroic odyssey, from marathon parties and poetry jam sessions in San Francisco's Bohemia to solitude and mountain climbing in the High Sierras.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022080393456,"sku":"9780140042528","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140042528_p0.jpg?v=1763641938","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140042528","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}