Visions of Gerard - Softcover
"My best most serious sad and true book yet." Jack Kerouac
"His life . . . ended when he was nine and the nuns of St. Louis de France Parochial School were at his bedside to take down his dying workds becase they'd heard his astonishing revelations of heaven delivered in catechism on no more encouragement than it was his turn to speak. . . ."
Unique among Jack Kerouac's novels, Visions of Gerard focuses on the scenes and sensations of childhoodthe wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, evil, insight, suffering, delight, and shockas 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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Jack Kerouac(1922-1969), the central figure of the Beat Generation, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922 and died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969. Among his many novels are On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Big Sur, and Visions of Cody.
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Unique among Jack Kerouac's novels, Visions of Gerard focuses on the scenes and sensations of childhood--the wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, ev il, insight, suffering, delight, and shock--as they were revealed in the sh ort tragic-happy life of his saintly brother, Gerard. Seller Inventory # RWARE0000066969
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Joseph Gillians (cover) (illustrator). First Thus. Read more about : Ole Be-larney, Diablo Bottoms, Ethereal Flower, harsh laughter, sins, miserable, prayers, Holy Grease, ainsi soit-il, West Sixth, Little Canada, Carrufel, and forlorn seven. James Spanfeller provides a b/w interpretation of Ti Jean Duluoz, who died young in 1926. These 152 (gentle, philosophical) pages are his story. It is set in Kerouac's home town and is in part autobiographical. Cond : Paper wrapper is gold coloured with blue lettering. Cover art has a view of Gerard at the window. Tight in binding. No names nor marks. Wear spots on cover. Clean. Excellent reading copy. QUote (p. 90) : " Ther'll be singing in the April tree tops, - There'll be visitations from the South from oft-returning species of visitors with feather tails and beady eyes, avaricious for the worm, - And ._._._. . " Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 014279
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