The Letters of William S. Burroughs: Volume I: 1945-1959 by Burroughs, William S.
The Letters of William S. Burroughs: Volume I: 1945-1959 by Burroughs, William S.

The Letters of William S. Burroughs: Volume I: 1945-1959

"These funny, filthy, and terrifically smart letters reveal him in a way that no biographer can." --...
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Author: William S. Burroughs
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The Letters of William S. Burroughs: Volume I: 1945-1959 by Burroughs, William S.

The Letters of William S. Burroughs: Volume I: 1945-1959

$72.48
The Letters of William S. Burroughs: Volume I: 1945-1959 by Burroughs, William S.

The Letters of William S. Burroughs: Volume I: 1945-1959

$72.48
Author: William S. Burroughs
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
"These funny, filthy, and terrifically smart letters reveal him in a way that no biographer can." -- New York Newsday

Guru of the Beat generation, éminence grise of the international avant-garde, dark prophet, and blackest of satirists, William S. Burroughs has had a range of influence rivaled by few living writers. This volume of his correspondence from 1945 to 1959 vividly documents the personal and cultural history through which Burroughs developed, revealing clues to illuminate his life and keys to open up his texts. More than that, it shows how letter-writing was itself integral to his life and to his fiction.

Beginning as surprisingly formal notes from the road to his friends Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, the letters deepen in substance and style. Then, in Tangier, comes a dramatic shift in voice and vision and the explosive, distinctive letters that will become Naked Lunch. Letters were lifelines for Burroughs, the outcast; and works-in-progress for Burroughs, the writer; and, they track his turbulent journey across two decades and three continents. To read them as they were written is to experience a unique merging of life and letters, the extraordinary story of Williams S. Burroughs homme de lettres.

"Unrelenting impact." -- Los Angeles Reader

Author: William S. Burroughs
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 06/01/1994
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.20w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9780140094527


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/23/1994

About the Author
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)--guru of the Beat Generation, controversial éminence grise of the international avant-garde, dark prophet, and blackest of black humor satirists--had a range of influence rivaled by few post-World War II writers. His many books include Naked Lunch, Queer, Exterminator!, The Cat Inside, The Western Lands, and Interzone.

Oliver Harris edited The Letters of William S. Burroughs 1945-1959. He is currently a lecturer in American Literature at the University of Keele.


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