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Visions of Gerard : A Novel by Jack Kerouac is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Visions of Gerard : A Novel about?

"My best most serious sad and true book yet." —Jack Kerouac "His life . . . ended when he was nine and the nuns of St. Louis de France Parochial School were at his bedside to take down his dying workds becase they'd heard his astonishing revelations of heaven delivered in catechism on no more encouragement than it was his turn to speak. . . ." 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.

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Author

Jack Kerouac

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780140144529

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.6 / 5 (69 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14