Visions of Gerard: A Novel - Couverture souple

Kerouac, Jack

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140144528 ISBN 13 : 9780140144529

Editeur : Penguin Books, 1991

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jack Kerouac(1922-1969), the central figure of the Beat Generation, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922 and died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969. Among his many novels are On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Big Sur, and Visions of Cody.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0140144528
• ISBN 13: 9780140144529
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144