Wake Up
A Life of the Buddha
$23.40
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
27 August 2008
Summary
First ever publication of this life of the Buddha, as told by Jack Kerouac
Never before published in Kerouac’s lifetime, this 1955 biography of the founder of Buddhism is a clear and powerful study of Siddartha Gautama’s life and works. Wake Up recounts the story of Prince Siddhartha’s royal upbringing and his father’s wish to protect him from all human suffering, despite a prediction that he would become a great holy man in later life. Departing from his father’s palace, Sid…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141189468 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141189460 |
| Author: | Jack Kerouac |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 27 August 2008 |
| Weight: | 94g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 131mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
”[“Wake Up”] contributes significantly to the fascinating picture of Kerouac’s spirituality.”
-Jonah Raskin, “The Beat Review”
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. Educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell, he decided to become a writer at age seventeen and developed his own writing style, which he called ‘spontaneous prose’. He used this technique to record the life of the American ‘traveler’ and the experiences of the Beat Generation, most memorably in On the Road and also in The Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums. His other works include Big Sur, Desolation Angels, Lonesome Traveler, Visions of Gerard, Tristessa, and a book of poetry called Mexico City Blues. Jack Kerouac died in 1969.
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