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I read the first edition of this book from work, the editors did a great job combining these stories. (Nowadays you have to buy them seperately) But it was a great combination, the first story was about his "angelic" brother who died as a child, the 2nd was about a mexican junkie. It was a terribly interesting combination.
Visions of Gerard I liked better than any of the other Dulouz stories I read. It was a very sweet version of a poor family with a deathly ill son, and was an interesting blend of catholism and buddhism.
Tristessa though was breath-takingly gorgeous! I realised half way through he'd just been sitting in a junkie's room in Mexico City (with Burroughs) and it had been fascinating! It was so beautifully written, and touching and sad and everything that I love best about Kerouac.
Visions of Gerard I liked better than any of the other Dulouz stories I read. It was a very sweet version of a poor family with a deathly ill son, and was an interesting blend of catholism and buddhism.
Tristessa though was breath-takingly gorgeous! I realised half way through he'd just been sitting in a junkie's room in Mexico City (with Burroughs) and it had been fascinating! It was so beautifully written, and touching and sad and everything that I love best about Kerouac.