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Die Offenbarung der Beat-Generation in der ursprünglichen Fassung.

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Since its original publication in Paris in 1959, Naked Lunch has become one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Exerting its influence on the relationship of art and obscenity, it is one of the books that redefined not just literature but American culture. For the Burroughs enthusiast and the neophyte, this volume-that contains final-draft typescripts, numerous unpublished contemporaneous writings by Burroughs, his own late...

A book of dreams that cover themes from the mundane and ordinary - conversations with the author's friends Allen Ginsberg or Ian Sommerville, feeding his cats, procuring drugs or sex - to the erotic, bizarre and visionary.

Portrays the development of Burroughs' mature writing style by presenting a selection of pieces from the mid-1950s. This book tells how his outrageous tone of voice represents the exorcism of four decades of oppressive sexual and social conditioning.

Eine Sensation: Die späteren Beat-Begründer William S. Burroughs und Jack Kerouac schrieben als junge Männer in New York gemeinsam einen Roman, der auch in den USA jahrzehntelang unveröffentlicht blieb. Er handelt von einem Mord, der in ihrem engsten Freundeskreis geschah. Burroughs und Kerouac beschlossen, gemeinsam einen Krimi zu schreiben im Genre des Hardboiled, im Stil eines Dashiell Hammett, und darin das Ereignis zu fiktionalisieren. Ab...

In 1954 William Burroughs settled in Tangiers, finding a sanctuary of sorts in its shadowy streets, blind alleys, and lowlife decadence. It was this city that served as a catalyst for Burroughs as a writer, the backdrop for one of the most radical transformations of style in literary history.Burroughs's life during this period is limned in a startling collection of short stories, autobiographical sketches, letters, and diary entries, all of wh...

Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader" finally brings the author's actual writing back to the forefront. . . . A fantastic, weird, disturbing, and intriguing tribute to an inimitable American voice".--Mark Luce, "Salon".

Naked Lunch helped redefine not just literature, but American culture for the twentieth century. This restored version includes Burroughs's notes, several essays he wrote about the book, and alternate drafts from the original manuscript.

Naked Lunch helped redefine not just literature, but American culture for the twentieth century. This restored version includes Burroughs's notes, several essays he wrote about the book, and alternate drafts from the original manuscript.

A masterpiece. A cry from hell, a brutal, terrifying, and savagely funny book that swings between uncontrolled hallucination and fierce, exact satire.--Newsweek

Laid out as diary entries of the last nine months of Burroughs's life, "Last Words" spans the realms of cultural criticism, personal memoir, and fiction. Classic Burroughs concerns--literature, U.S. drug policy, the state of humanity, his love for his cats--permeate this poignant portrait of the man, his life, and the creative process.

Das Gemeinschaftswerk von Burroughs und Kerouac: eine Entdeckung! Ein Mord im engsten Freundeskreis: Am 14. August 1944 erdolcht Lucien Carr seinen Freund David Kammerer mit einem Fahrtenmesser und versenkt den Körper im Hudson River. Am nächsten Tag erscheint er in blutbefleckter Kleidung bei seinen Freunden - den späteren Beat-Begründern William S. Burroughs und Jack Kerouac. Die beiden jungen Männer verarbeiteten diese wahre Begebenheit, in...