Visions Of Gerard Av Jack Kerouac

<p><b>''The piteousness of his little soft shroud of hair falling down his brow and swept aside by the hand over blue serious eyes''<br><br>Described by Kerouac as ''my most serious sad and true book'', <i>Visions of Gerard</i> forms the first volume of his memoir cycle the ''Duluoz Legend''. </b><br><br>Based 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.<br><br>''Called a "pain-tale" by Kerouac, it''s the story of an almost divine, Buddha-like child wracked with sickness and suffering'' <i>Guardian</i></p>