Title: The letters of William S. Burroughs : 1945-1959 /
Authors: Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997,; Harris, Oliver; Carr, Virginia Spencer,; Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012; Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.
Publisher: Viking,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Burroughs, William S., Correspondence.; Authors, American Correspondence
Abstract: "Guru of the Beat generation, controversial eminence grise of the international avant-garde, dark prophet and blackest of black-humor satirists, William S. Burroughs has had a range of influence rivalled by few living writers. This meticulously assembled volume of his correspondence 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, they also show how in the period 1945-1959, letter-writing was itself integral to his life and to his fiction-making. These letters reveal the extraordinary route that took Burroughs from narrative to anti-narrative, from Junky to Naked Lunch and the discovery of cut-ups, a turbulent journey crossing two decades and three continents."--BOOK JACKET.^