{"product_id":"visions-of-gerard-jack-kerouac","title":"Visions of Gerard (Jack Kerouac)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The piteousness of his little soft shroud of hair falling down his brow and swept aside by the hand over blue serious eyes'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribed by Kerouac as 'my most serious sad and true book', \u003ci\u003eVisions of Gerard\u003c\/i\u003e forms  the first volume of his memoir cycle the 'Duluoz Legend'. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on Jack Kerouac's 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Called a \"pain-tale\" by Kerouac, it's the story of an almost divine, Buddha-like child wracked with sickness and suffering' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJack Kerouac \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. Educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell, he decided to become a writer at age seventeen and developed his own writing style, which he called 'spontaneous prose'. He used this technique to record the life of the American 'traveler' and the experiences of the Beat Generation, most memorably in \u003ci\u003eOn the Road \u003c\/i\u003eand also in \u003ci\u003eThe Subterraneans \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums. \u003c\/i\u003eHis other works include \u003ci\u003eBig Sur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Desolation Angels, Lonesome Traveler, Visions of Gerard, Tristessa\u003c\/i\u003e, and a book of poetry called \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/i\u003e. Jack Kerouac died in 1969.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 112 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65806462648669,"sku":"K083668851","price":10.2,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8366885100001A.jpg?v=1788474675","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/visions-of-gerard-jack-kerouac","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}