{"product_id":"wake-up-book-jack-kerouac-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 \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\u003e In 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\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums.\u003c\/i\u003e Originally written in 1955, \u003ci\u003eWake Up\u003c\/i\u003e is 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\u003e Distilled from a wide variety of canonical scriptures, \u003ci\u003eWake Up\u003c\/i\u003e serves 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":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49709954302225,"sku":"CIN0143116010G","price":6.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50914892349713,"sku":"CIN0143116010VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50999490347281,"sku":"NIN9780143116011","price":17.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51379381469457,"sku":"GOR014247462","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0143116010.jpg?v=1787223829","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/wake-up-book-jack-kerouac-9780143116011","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}