{"product_id":"wake-up-9780143116011","title":"Wake Up","description":"\u003cb\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eWake Up\u003c\/i\u003e] contributes significantly to the fascinating picture of Kerouac’s spirituality, revealing the depth of Kerouac’s identification with the Buddha.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Beat Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The long, streaming style makes the book majestic and something that you absorb in one sitting, like a symphony.”—Robert A. F. Thurman, from the Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the mid-1950s, lifelong Catholic Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that had a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and later found expression in such works as \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums. \u003c\/i\u003eOriginally written in 1955, \u003ci\u003eWake Up \u003c\/i\u003eis Kerouac’s retelling of the life of Prince Siddhartha Gotama, who as a young man abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for enlightenment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDistilled from a wide variety of canonical scriptures, \u003ci\u003eWake Up \u003c\/i\u003eserves as both a penetrating account of the Buddha’s life and a concise primer on the principal teachings of Buddhism. This edition includes an insightful introduction by Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman addressing Kerouac’s engagement with Buddhism in his work and his life.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62250975756675,"sku":"9780143116011","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780143116011.jpg?v=1785419505","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/wake-up-9780143116011","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}