{"product_id":"9780241389010","title":"Visions of Gerard (Penguin Modern Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e'The piteousness of his little soft shroud of hair falling down his brow and swept aside by the hand over blue serious eyes'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed by Kerouac as 'my most serious sad and true book', Visions of Gerard forms the first volume of his memoir cycle the 'Duluoz Legend'. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Called a \"pain-tale\" by Kerouac, it's the story of an almost divine, Buddha-like child wracked with sickness and suffering' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49644517556472,"sku":"EB_LI0700_E05-15_SYDNEY","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9780241389010-1_bcbf53c3-df25-40a9-92d8-be25aa8f7829.jpg?v=1790153508","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9780241389010","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}