Visions of Gerard

Jack Kerouac author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:20th Aug '20

£8.99

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Visions of Gerard cover

One of the final works in Kerouac's 13-book Proustian memoir to join the Penguin Modern Classics.

'The piteousness of his little soft shroud of hair falling down his brow and swept aside by the hand over blue serious eyes'

Described by Kerouac as 'my most serious sad and true book', Visions of Gerard forms the first volume of his memoir cycle the 'Duluoz Legend'.


Based on Jack Kerouac's memories of the beloved older brother who died when he was a boy, it is unique among his novels for its dreamlike evocation of the sensations of childhood - its wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, joy and pain. It is a haunting exploration of the precariousness of existence.

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

My best most serious sad and true book yet. -- Jack Kerouac

ISBN: 9780241389010

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 6mm

Weight: 89g

112 pages