{"product_id":"visions-of-gerard-by-jack-kerouac-9780241389010","title":"Visions of Gerard","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA devastating semi-autobiographical novel and the first volume of Kerouac's memoir cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGerard Duluoz was born in 1917, 'a sickly little kid with a rheumatic heart'. Based on Jack Kerouac's memories of the beloved older brother who died when he was a boy, \u003cem\u003eVisions of Gerard\u003c\/em\u003e is unique among his novels for its dreamlike evocation of the sensations of childhood – wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, joy, and pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by Kerouac as 'my most serious sad and true book', it forms the first volume of his memoir cycle \u003cem\u003eThe Duluoz Legend\u003c\/em\u003e, and is a haunting exploration of the precariousness of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Called a \"pain-tale\" by Kerouac, it's the story of an almost divine, Buddha-like child racked with sickness and suffering' \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302812274924,"sku":"9780241389010","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25689433482273.jpg?v=1743110110","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/visions-of-gerard-by-jack-kerouac-9780241389010","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}