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Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
Jack Kerouac
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Description for Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
Paperback. A biography of the founder of Buddhism and a study of Siddartha Gautama's life and works. It recounts the story of Prince Siddhartha's 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. It offers an introduction to the world of Buddhism. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRE; HRLP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
Never before published in Kerouac's lifetime, Jack Kerouac's Wake Up is a clear and powerful study of the life and works of Siddartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, from the author of On the Road. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Robert Thurman.
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, Siddhartha adopts a homeless life, struggles with his meditations, and eventually finds Enlightenment. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141189468
SKU
V9780141189468
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About 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 ... Read more
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