At the end of this novel, the narrator says "Blah" after kneeling and giving thanks to a shack where he had recently stayed. One character in this novel translates Han Shan's poem "Cold Mountain." The narrator of this novel has a vision of a bushy-eyebrowed Dipankara, which evokes the meaningless word "colyalcolor." Minor characters in this novel include the carpenter Sean Monahan and Rheinhold Cacoethes. The narrator of this novel has the realization that you can't fall off a mountain while climbing Matterhorn Peak in California. Alvah Goldbook reads the poem "Wail" in this novel, a fictional
At the end of this novel, the narrator says "Blah" after kneeling and giving thanks to a shack where he had recently stayed. One character in this novel translates Han Shan's poem "Cold Mountain." The narrator of this novel has a vision of a bushy-eyebrowed Dipankara, which evokes the meaningless word "colyalcolor." Minor characters in this novel include the carpenter Sean Monahan and Rheinhold Cacoethes. The narrator of this novel has the realization that you can't fall off a mountain while climbing Matterhorn Peak in California. Alvah Goldbook reads the poem "Wail" in this novel, a fictionalization of Ginsberg's reading of "Howl" at the Six Gallery. This novel is narrated by Ray Smith, who is fascinated by the philosophy of Japhy Ryder. For 10 points, name this novel by Jack Kerouac about how he was influenced by Gary Snyder's Buddhism.
At the end of this novel, the narrator says "Blah" after kneeling and giving thanks to a shack where he had recently stayed.
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