Visions of Gerard

Jack Kerouac

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Penguin
02 July 2020

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

"A devastating semi-autobiographical novel and the first volume of Kerouac's memoir cycle

Gerard Duluoz was born in 1917, 'a sickly little kid with a rheumatic heart'. Based on Jack Kerouac's memories of the beloved older brother who died when he was a boy, Visions of Gerard is unique among his novels for its dreamlike evocation of the sensations of childhood - wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, joy and pain. Described by Kerouac as 'my most serious sad and true book', it forms the first volume of his memoir cycle The Duluoz Legend, and is a haunting exploration of the precariousness of life.

'Called a ""pain-tale"" by Kerouac, it's the story of an almost divine, Buddha-like child racked with sickness and suffering' Guardian"

By: Jack Kerouac
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 89g
ISBN: 9780241389010
ISBN 10: 0241389011
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 02 July 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. Educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell, he decided to become a writer at age seventeen and developed his own writing style, which he called 'spontaneous prose'. He used this technique to record the life of the American 'traveler' and the experiences of the Beat Generation, most memorably in On the Road and also in The Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums. His other works include Big Sur, Desolation Angels, Lonesome Traveler, Visions of Gerard, Tristessa, and a book of poetry called Mexico City Blues. Jack Kerouac died in 1969.