Visions of Gerard: A Novel
by Jack Kerouac
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0140144528
- ISBN 13
- 9780140144529
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About This Item
Penguin, New York, 1991. First trade paperback printing in this edition. Condition: Good plus, edge and corner wear, nicks and creasing at spine, price sticker on rear cover.
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.
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.
Synopsis
Visions of Gerard is a 1963 novel by American Beat writer Jack Kerouac. Unique among Kerouac's novels, Visions of Gerard focuses on the scenes and sensations of childhood as evidenced in the tragically short yet happy life of his older brother, Gerard. Kerouac paints a picture of the boy as a saint, who loves all creatures and teaches this doctrine to four-year-old Jack.
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- Bookseller
- Shop-books.ca (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202000830
- Title
- Visions of Gerard
- Author
- Jack Kerouac
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140144528
- ISBN 13
- 9780140144529
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- used books, discount books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature; First Editions;
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