 First edition | |
| Author | Jack Kerouac |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Company |
Publication date | 1963 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 144 pp |
| OCLC | 22710206 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3521.E735 V47 1991 |
| Preceded by | Big Sur (1962) |
| Followed by | Desolation Angels (1965) |
Visions of Gerard is a novel by American Beat writer Jack Kerouac. Kerouac wrote it over the course of the first two weeks of 1956, while staying with his sister Caroline in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and it was published in 1963.[1] It is the first volume in Kerouac's "Duluoz Legend". Visions of Gerard focuses on the scenes and sensations of childhood as evidenced in the 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 an exploration of the meaning and precariousness of existence.[2]
- ^ Kerouac, Jack. Visions of Cody, Visions of Gerard, Big Sur. New York: Library of America, 2015, p. 763 ISBN 978-1-59853374-3
- ^ McLaughlin, K., 'Jack Kerouac's Visions of Gerard', in Wills, D. (ed.) Beatdom Vol. 4 (Mauling Press: Dundee, 2009) Archived October 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine