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

Burroughs, William S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140094520 ISBN 13: 9780140094527

Publisher: Penguin, 1994

Synopsis

Letters: Vol 1 This volume of correspondence vividly documents the personal and cultural history through which Burroughs developed, revealing clues to illuminate his life and keys to open up his text. "Sheds light on both the personal demons and lacerating misanthropy that inspired Burroughs' brilliant literary highjinks".-- Entertainment Weekly. Full description

About this title

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0140094520
• ISBN 13: 9780140094527
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Harris Oliver