Visions of Gerard: A Novel by Jack Kerouac
First print
A unique Kerouac book that focuses on scenes and sensations of childhood revealed his brother Gerard’s short tragic-happy life. Set in his hometown of Lowell it is unsettling, beautiful, and sad exploration of the meaning and precariousness of existence
Visions of Gerard: A Novel by Jack Kerouac
Format: First trade paperback printing in this edition
Condition: Good plus, edge and corner wear, nicks and creasing at spine, price sticker on rear cover.
Product dimensions: n/a
Publishing Info: Penguin, New York, 1991
Language: English, Beat
ISBN - 13: 9780140144529
Unique among Jack Kerouac's novels, Visions of Gerard focuses on the scenes and sensations of childhood—the wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, evil, insight, suffering, delight, and shock—as they were revealed in the short tragic-happy life of his saintly brother, Gerard. Set in Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, it is an unsettling, beautiful, and sad exploration of the meaning and precariousness of existence.
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