{"product_id":"wake-up-jack-kerouac-9780143116011","title":"Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha","description":"\u003cb\u003eJack Kerouac's profound meditations on the Buddha's life and religion \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the mid-1950s, Jack Kerouac, a lifelong Catholic, became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that had a significant impact on his ideas of spirituality and later found expression in such books as \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/i\u003e. Originally written in 1955 and now published for the first time in paperback, \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. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Kerouac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143116010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143116011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.12h x 4.78w x 0.60d","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047732375807,"sku":"9780143116011","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe6b8251-e9e6-493e-80b9-ea99ee8ca596.jpg?v=1684991876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wake-up-jack-kerouac-9780143116011","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}