Name: Naked Lunch
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Author: William S. Burroughs Jr; William S. Burroughs
ISBN: 9780802122070

Type

Physical Book

Author

William S. Burroughs

Author

William S. Burroughs Jr

Illustrated by

Barry Miles

James Grauerholz

Publisher

Grove Press

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

304

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8 x 13.7 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN

9780802122070

ISBN13

9780802122070

Edition No.

Synopsis "Naked Lunch"

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 For the Burroughs enthusiast and the neophyte, this volume--that contains final-draft typescripts, numerous unpublished contemporaneous writings by Burroughs, his own later introductions to the book, and his essay on psychoactive drugs--is a valuable and fresh experience of a novel that has lost none of its relevance or satirical bite.

William S. Burroughs

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William Seward Burroughs (1914-1997) es una figura legendaria de la literatura norteamericana de este siglo, un escritor comparado con Villon, Rimbaud y Genet. Tanto su vida como su obra, de un pesimismo total y un sombrío sentido del humor, reflejan una actitud de rebelión permanente contra la sociedad convencional. Homosexual, drogadicto durante muchos años, amigo e ídolo de Kerouac y Ginsberg, se le considera el gran «gurú» de la generación beat, pese a su negativa a ser incluido en ella.

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