The piteousness of his little soft shroud of hair falling down his brow and swept aside by the hand over blue serious eyesDescribed 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 Kerouacs 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 "paintale" by Kerouac, its the story of an almost divine, Buddhalike child wracked with sickness and suffering Guardian

Binding: Paperback;112 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 210 g; Dimensions: 128 x 195 x 10

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