- Paperback
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; Reissue edition (Dec 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0070342415
- ISBN-13: 978-0070342415
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,500,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Beautifully poetic, Kerouac remembers his brother, Gerard, who died when Kerouac was very young. Birds perch on window sills, while Gerard talks to them, contemplates the world, questions war and wonders why a God would allow anything to die. Kerouac pays homage in short beautiful chapters, which I read over and over again, before turning to the next one. Kerouac blends his Catholic upbringing, with his Buddhist adulthood, and makes one of the most uniquely poetic and religious novels of the 20th Century.
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The tenderness and meaning that Kerouac presents is a surprisingly fresh change from his quick and spontaneous days on the road. His heart is exposed as he explores the event of a child's death better than any other writer of his time.
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'Visions Of Gerard' was written in 1957 by Kerouac at the height of his spontaneous first thought-best thought mode, days awake, high as a kite, thumping the hell out of his typewriter.
It's one of the least read of his novels but is a bit of a mini-gem to my mind, superior to 'Maggie Cassidy', 'The Subterraneans' and the like, some call it over sentimental but let's face it, anyone writing a book about their older brother who died aged 9 of rheumatic fever is bound to get a little sentimental about family, religion, time, the past and the future.
I'm not saying it's 'On The Road', I'm not even saying that if you liked 'On The Road' you'll like this by any means and when people accuse Kerouac of being a mummies boy, this book does add fuel to the fire but aren't we all mummies boys deep down?
It's one of the least read of his novels but is a bit of a mini-gem to my mind, superior to 'Maggie Cassidy', 'The Subterraneans' and the like, some call it over sentimental but let's face it, anyone writing a book about their older brother who died aged 9 of rheumatic fever is bound to get a little sentimental about family, religion, time, the past and the future.
I'm not saying it's 'On The Road', I'm not even saying that if you liked 'On The Road' you'll like this by any means and when people accuse Kerouac of being a mummies boy, this book does add fuel to the fire but aren't we all mummies boys deep down?
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Visions Of Gerard
An absolute work of art. An absolute favourite book of mine. So glad I finally own it.
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by E. G. Beats
looking back...
Of all the writers of the twentieth century, this guy, Jack Kerouac, spoke most eloquently to me in my teen years. Visions of Gerard was the first of his books that I read. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2000 by notatamelion@aol.com
An Introduction to the First Beat
This Kerouac book is only for his fans who want to know more about Jack's past or religion. "On the Road" readers will miss the motion of that novel, instead find the... Read more
Published on 12 Aug 1997
One of the saddest books I've ever read
Kerouac here steers away from tales of wild abandon typical of his later works and life, to illustrate through the eyes of a small child, the beauty and tragedy being human.
Published on 13 Jan 1997
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