Visions of Gerard
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| Author | Jack Kerouac |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Company |
| Released | 1963 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 144 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-14-014452-8 |
| Preceded by | Big Sur (1962) |
| Followed by | Desolation Angels (1965) |
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. Set in Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, it is a beautiful but unsettling exploration of the meaning and precariousness of existence.
[edit] Explanation of the novel's title
The novel inspired, in the very least, the title of Bob Dylan's song Visions of Johanna on his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde.
[edit] References
- 1963. Visions of Gerard, ISBN 0-14-014452-8
| Books by Jack Kerouac |
| The Town and the City • On the Road • The Subterraneans • The Dharma Bums • Doctor Sax • Maggie Cassidy • Mexico City Blues • Book of Dreams • Tristessa • Visions of Cody • Lonesome Traveler • Big Sur • Visions of Gerard • Desolation Angels • Satori in Paris • Vanity of Duluoz • Pic • Scattered Poems • Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings • Old Angel Midnight • Good Blonde & Others • Orpheus Emerged • Book of Sketches • And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (unpublished) |
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