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Queer
av William S Burroughs
»Jag skrev Junkie, men det var Queer som skrev mig.« William S. Burroughs

»Queer är en bok som ger fler dimensioner till ett redan mytologiserat författarskap. Frågan är om den inte också är en av Burroughs bästa.« | FRIA TIDNINGAR

Queer skrevs under tidigt femtiotal, men då den ursprungligen ansågs för extrem för att tryckas publicerades den första gången så sent som 1985. Romanen handlar om William Lee, en exil-amerikan som flackar omkring i Mexiko och Sydamerika. Han försöker bli kvitt sitt heroinberoende men blir i stället besatt av Eugene Allerton, en ung bisexuell man som mest tolererar Lees sällskap i väntan på något bättre. Tillsammans ger de sig ut för att leta efter en kraftfull hallucinogen som sägs skapa telepatiska förmågor.
I översättning av Einar Heckscher, med ett förord av för-fatta-ren - såväl som ett nyskrivet förord av Daniel Westerlund.

»Queer är en häpnadsväckande bok. Ett förbigånget verk som blev legendariskt i sin frånvaro.« | LOS ANGELES TIMES

»Ett storverk. William S. Burroughs hjärta, naket framför oss.« | ALLEN GINSBERG

»I dag lever vi alla i William S. Burroughs romaners värld.« | KATHY ACKER

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS [1914-1997] föddes i St. Louis. Efter studier vid Harvard och diverse kortvariga anställningar, som skadedjursutrotare och privatdetektiv, råkade han i klammer med rättvisan och tvingades i exil. Under femtio-, sextio- och sjuttiotalen bodde han bland annat i Mexiko City, Tanger, Paris och London. I Mexiko började han skriva romaner. Junkie blev hans debut [1953], medan Queer [skriven under samma tid] kom ut först 1985. Vid tiden för publiceringen hade Burroughs hunnit bli en av den amerikanska efterkrigstidens viktigaste författare, vars unika språkradikalitet haft betydelse långt utanför litteraturens gränser.

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Naked Lunch
av William S Burroughs
A cultural landmark and the most shocking novel in the English language, Naked Lunch is an exhilarating ride into the darkest recesses of the human psyche. An unnerving tale of an addict unmoored in New York, Tangier, and ultimately a nightmarish wasteland known as Interzone, Naked Lunch''s formal innovation, formerly taboo subject matter, and tour de force execution has exerted its influence authors like Thomas Pynchon and J. G. Ballard; on the relationship of art and obscenity; and on the shape of music, film, and media in general.

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William S. Burroughs
av Barry Miles
Authoritative biography of cult writer and author of NAKED LUNCH, William Burroughs (1914-1997).It has been 50 years since Norman Mailer asserted, 'I think that William Burroughs is the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed by genius.' This assessment holds true today. No-one since then has taken such risks in their writing, developed such individual radical political ideas, or spanned such a wide range of media - Burroughs has written novels, memoirs, technical manuals and poetry, he has painted, made collages, taken thousands of photographs, made visual scrapbooks, produced hundreds of hours of experimental tapes, acted in movies and recorded more CDs than most rock groups.Made a cult figure by the publication of NAKED LUNCH, Burroughs was a mentor to the 1960s youth culture. Underground papers referred to him as 'Uncle Bill' and he ranked alongside Bob Dylan and the Beatles, Buckminster Fuller and R.D. Laing as one of the 'gurus' of the youth movement who might just have the secret of the universe.Based upon extensive research, this biography paints a new portrait of Burroughs, making him real to the reader and showing how he was perceived by his contemporaries in all his guises - from icily distant to voluble drunk. It shows how his writing was very much influenced by his life situation and by the people he met on his travels around America and Europe. He was, beneath it all, a man torn by emotions: his guilt at not visiting his doting mother; his despair at not responding to reconciliation attempts from his father; his distance from his brother; the huge void that separated him from his son; and above all his killing of his wife, Joan Vollmer.

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Junky
av William S Burroughs, Oliver Harris
Burroughs? first novel, a largely autobiographical account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures and relapses, remains the most unflinching, unsentimental account of addiction ever written. Through junk neighbourhoods in New York, New Orleans and Mexico City, through time spent kicking, time spent dealing and time rolling drunks for money, through junk sickness and a sanatorium, Junky is a field report (by a writer trained in anthropology at Harvard) from the American post-war drug underground. A cult classic, it has influenced generations of writers with its raw, sparse and unapologetic tone. This definitive edition painstakingly recreates the author?s original text word for word.

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William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll

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William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll
av Casey Rae
William S. Burroughs's fiction and essays are legendary, but his influence on music's counterculture has been less well documented-until now. Examining how one of America's most controversial literary figures altered the destinies of many notable and varied musicians, William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll reveals the transformations in music history that can be traced to Burroughs.A heroin addict and a gay man, Burroughs rose to notoriety outside the conventional literary world; his masterpiece, Naked Lunch, was banned on the grounds of obscenity, but its nonlinear structure was just as daring as its content. Casey Rae brings to life Burroughs's parallel rise to fame among daring musicians of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, when it became a rite of passage to hang out with the author or to experiment with his cut-up techniques for producing revolutionary lyrics (as the Beatles and Radiohead did). Whether they tell of him exploring the occult with David Bowie, providing Lou Reed with gritty depictions of street life, or counseling Patti Smith about coping with fame, the stories of Burroughs's backstage impact will transform the way you see America's cultural revolution-and the way you hear its music.

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You Can't Win
av Jack Black, William S Burroughs
You Cant Win, the beloved memoir of real lowdown Americana by criminal hobo Jack Black, was first published in 1926, then reprinted in 1988 by Adam Parfreys Amok Press, featuring an introduction by William S. Burroughs.After its Amok Press edition went out of print, You Cant Win found popularity once again with the AK Press edition.Feral Houses new version will take this classic American narrative a lot further, including two remarkable nonfiction articles by Jack Black written for Harper's Magazine in the 1920s. Remarkable illustrations by Joe Coleman and new biographical revelations by Donald Kennison will round out the new edition.A full-length feature film of You Cant Win starring Boardwalk Empires Michael Pitt is expected to be released in spring 2013.

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The Soft Machine
av William S Burroughs, Oliver Harris
With a dangerous blend of chemistry and magic, secret agent Lee has the ability to change bodies - his own, or with anyone he chooses. Also able to time travel, he finds himself forced to use his skills to defeat a team of priests, who are using mind control to produce their own private slave race. Dead soldiers, African street urchins, evil doctors, corrupt judges and monsters from the mythology of history and science all feature in Lee''s terrifying adventure.

A surreal space odyssey, The Soft Machine is the first book in Burrough''s innovative ''cut-up'' trilogy - followed by Nova Express and The Ticket That Exploded - and a ferocious assault on hype, poverty, war and addiction in all its forms.

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Junkie
av William S Burroughs
Junkie är William S. Burroughs semi-självbiografiska roman, till stor del baserad på hans eget heroinmissbruk. Publicerad redan 1953 är den en rak och naken skildring av ett alltmer destruktivt missbruk. Den tar huvudpersonen från New York till New Orleans och ända till Mexico City, allt i ett naket och öppet porträtt av småtjuveri, lögner och misär.
I översättning av Einar Heckscher.

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS [1914-1997] var en amerikansk författare och konstnär. Han var en framstående figur i beatnik-litteraturen tillsammans med vännen och författaren Jack Kerouac. Han slog igenom med självbiografiska romanen Junkie och fortsatte sedan utveckla en experimentell litterär stil med egenartad komposition och språk, vilket syns tydligt i den hallucinatoriska kultromanen Den nakna lunchen.

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Ah Puch estÃ¡ aquÃ¿ y otros textos
av William S Burroughs
En 1970 William Burroughs y el artista Malcolm McNeill comenzaron un pequeÃ±o proyecto conjunto, un cÃ³mic titulado The Unspeakable Mr. Hart, que se publicÃ³ en Cyclops, la primera revista inglesa de cÃ³mics para adultos. Poco despuÃ©s, los autores decidieron colaborar en una meditaciÃ³n mÃ¡s extensa sobre el tiempo, el poder, el control y la corrupciÃ³n inspirada en los cÃ³dices mayas y concretamente en Ah Puch, el dios maya de la muerte.Ah Puch estÃ¡ aquÃ¿ incluÃ¿a a su personaje Mr. Hart, pero se alejarÃ¿a del modelo de cÃ³mic convencional para explorar diferentes yuxtaposiciones de imÃ¡genes y palabras. El objetivo era crear una obra que no cayera ni en la categorÃ¿a de libro ilustrado convencional ni en la de cÃ³mic, un libro sin precedentes en aquella Ã©poca, que ningÃºn editor quiso arriesgarse a publicar con el particular formato propuesto por Burroughs y McNeill.La presente ediciÃ³n incluye la ediciÃ³n original sin los dibujos de McNeill y otros dos relatos: La revoluciÃ³n electrÃ³nica, donde el autor reflexiona acerca del uso de las videocÃ¡maras como instrumento de control social; y El libro de las respiraciooones, un texto conceptual ilustrado en forma de semicÃ³mic.

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Maldito desde la cuna
av William S Burroughs Jr, David Ohle
Nacido en 1947, hijo del escrito William S. Burroughs y su compaÃ±era Joan Vollmer, William S. Burroughs Jr. (mÃ¡s conocido como Billy Jr.) se describirÃ¿a mÃ¡s tarde a sÃ¿ mismo frente a su padre Â«tu hijo maldito-desde-la-cunaÂ». Maldito desde la cuna es un testimonio sobre la dificultad de vivir en la estela turbulenta de un padre famoso y sus no menos cÃ©lebres y problemÃ¡ticos amigos, al mismo tiempo que un relato lÃºcido y devastador de una vida que se va por el sumidero.Criado por sus abuelos paternos en Palm Beach despuÃ©s de que su padre matase accidentalmente a su madre de un disparo, Billy, reciÃ©n entrado en la adolescencia, vio como su padre se hacÃ¿a mundialmente famoso tras la publicaciÃ³n de El almuerzo desnudo. La breve vida de Billy Jr. pivotÃ³ siempre entre sus desesperados intentos de llamar la atenciÃ³n de su padre, los lamentos por la muerte de su madre, el alcoholismo, la drogadicciÃ³n, las clÃ¿nicas de desintoxicaciÃ³n, la cÃ¡rcel, los hospitales y sus brillantes empeÃ±os literarios (las novelas Kentucky Jam y Speed).Maldito desde la cuna compilado por el escritor David Ohle a partir del material inÃ©dito de la que estaba llamada a ser la tercera llamada de Billy (Prakriti Junction), las anotaciones de sus Ãºltimos diarios, poemas, cartas y conversaciones con las personas que le conocieron (su padre, Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, etc.), es la divertida, trÃ¡gica, furiosa e impresionante declaraciÃ³n final de William S. Burroughs Jr.; una de las Ãºltimas vÃ¿ctimas de la GeneraciÃ³n Beat.Â«No suelo verme al borde de las lÃ¡grimas al leer una biografÃ¿a literaria, pero en el caso de William Burroughs Jr. solo alguien con el corazÃ³n de piedra podrÃ¿a no sentir la angustia de este pobre hombre [...] Lo que realmente te parte el corazÃ³n en esta historia es el innegable talento que tenÃ¿a Billy para escribir.Â»Tony O'neill, The Guardian

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Junky
av William S Burroughs
Scris la indemnul lui Allen Ginsberg, in America anilor de dupa razboi, cand pana si a vorbi despre droguri era o infractiune, romanul de debut al lui William S. Burroughs, considerat calea de acces" spre infernul din Pranzul dezgolit, este o marturie de o raceala aproape clinica despre ravagiile dependentei de stupefiante. Construit asemenea unui raspuns la intrebarea nerostita Cum poate un om sa ajunga dependent de droguri?", Junky spune povestea caderii unui om normal", cu venituri suficiente si studii superioare, in capcana dependentei si a traficului de stupefiante. Bolgia descrisa de Burroughs se suprapune ca o harta virtuala peste America si Mexic, iar galeria de personaje care o populeaza si--ar gasi locul fara nicio ajustare in cercurile infernului din Divina Comedie.Dintre toti scriitorii Generatiei Beat, Burroughs a fost cel mai periculos: a fost agentul dublu al anarhiei." Rolling StoneMai mult decat orice, Junky se citeste ca un ghid de calatorie prin subteranele Americii." The Daily BeastO carte de o mare frumusete." Norman MailerCel mai important scriitor care a aparut dupa al Doilea Razboi Mondial." J. G. BallardWilliam S. Burroughs (1914-1997) s-a nascut in St. Louis, Missouri. A studiat literatura engleza si antropologia la Harvard, apoi medicina la Viena.In 1951, pe cand se afla in Mexic, si-a impuscat accidental sotia. A debutat in 1953 cu Junky, iar in 1959 a publicat (in Franta) romanul Naked Lunch (Pranzul dezgolit).Aparitia in 1962 a editiei americane a provocat un imens scandal. In 1982 este ales membru in Academia Americana si in Institute of Arts and Letters, iar statul francez ii acorda titlul de Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Din opera lui William S. Burroughs, in seria Anansi. Clasic au mai aparut Pranzul dezgolit si Queer.

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Queer
av William S Burroughs
Una dintre cele mai zguduitoare confesiuni scrise vreodata." Allen GinsbergScris intre anii 1951 si 1953, dar publicat abia in 1985, legendarul roman al lui Burroughs este o enigma - atat un autoportret plin de cruzime, cat si un roman politic muscator, cea mai realista poveste de dragoste a autorului, dar si un montaj de scene fantastice comicgrotesti. Plasat in Mexico City, la inceputul anilor 1950, Queer il are in centru pe William Lee si cautarea deznadajduita a intimitatii si a ostoirii dorintei prin toate barurile ce alcatuiesc scena expiatilor americani din capitala mexicana. Queer este si cronica pasiunii homosexuale a personajului principal pentru tanarul Eugene Allerton, desfasurata intr-un Mexico City desprins parca dintr-un tablou suprarealist. Textul introductiv al romanului, o teribila confesiune insuflata de evenimentul care l-a determinat sa devina scriitor - impuscarea accidentala a sotiei sale, Joan Vollmer -, este fundamental pentru identificarea multora dintre resorturile operei lui Burroughs.Socand inca o data pe toata lumea, Burroughs a scris un studiu profund si plin de sensibilitate despre dragostea neimpartasita. Romanul acesta umanizeaza retroactiv intreaga sa opera." Martin AmisIn Queer se intalnesc multe dintre temele, tehnicile narative si personajele lui Burroughs. Prin intermediul acestui roman intelegem umorul negru, energia violenta si viziunea tulburatoare a unui scriitor care si-a croit drum in constiinta noastra, cucerindu-si un loc definitiv in istoria literara." The New York Times Book Review

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Pranzul dezgolit
av William S Burroughs
Singurul romancier american contemporan despre care se poate spune ca are geniu. Norman MailerSondand limitele relatiei dintre arta si obscenitate, Pranzul dezgolit este una dintre cartile ce au redefinit nu doar literatura, ci si intreaga cultura americana. Romanul a constituit obiectul unui proces considerat ultima actiune majora de cenzura impotriva unei opere literare in Statele Unite.Verdictul final, favorabil, s-a datorat pledoariei unora dintre cei mai importanti scriitori americani ai epocii, precum Norman Mailer si Allen Ginsberg, care au certificat valoarea artistica a cartii. In 1991, regizorul David Cronenberg a ecranizat romanul, iar productia lui s-a transformat foarte repede intr-un film-cult.O carte de o mare frumusete si de o splendoare rara, obsesiva." Norman MailerUn adevarat geniu si primul mitograf al celei de-a doua jumatati a secolului XX, William Burroughs este descendentul direct al lui James Joyce. Pranzul dezgolit e un festin de neuitat." J. G. BallardBurroughs nu a dat nastere numai la metafore, ci si la generatii pline de viata, inzestrate cu spirit propriu." Allen GinsbergWilliam S. Burroughs (1914-1997) s-a nascut in St. Louis, Missouri. A studiat literatura engleza si antropologia la Harvard, apoi medicina la Viena. In 1951, pe cand se afla in Mexic, si-a impuscat accidental sotia. A debutat in 1953 cu Junky, iar in 1959 a publicat (in Franta) romanul Naked Lunch (Pranzul dezgolit). Aparitia in 1962 a editiei americane a provocat un imens scandal. In 1982 este ales membru in Academia Americana si in Institute of Arts and Letters, iar statul francez ii acorda titlul de Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Din opera lui William S. Burroughs, in seria Anansi. Clasic vor mai aparea Junky si Queer.

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Queer
av William S Burroughs, Oliver Harris
Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma - both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, Naked Lunch. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, Queer follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges; a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humor and the Ugly American at his ugliest. A haunting tale of possession and exorcism, Queer is also a novel with a history of secrets, as this new edition reveals.

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Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs (Book Analysis)

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Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs (Book Analysis)
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Naked Lunch with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, a seminal work of literature associated with the Beat Generation. It tells the story of a drug addict's bizarre experiences in a dreamlike landscape, which is populated by grotesque creatures known as Mugwumps, and where taboo acts such as rape and murder are committed constantly with no consequences. Naked Lunch is one of the best-known works by William S. Burroughs, largely due to its reputation as one of the most 'obscene' pieces of literature ever published. Burroughs was even taken to court over it, but his eventual victory in that trial actually played a key role in the overturning of American obscenity laws.Find out everything you need to know about Naked Lunch in a fraction of the time!This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:* A complete plot summary* Character studies* Key themes and symbols* Questions for further reflectionWhy choose BrightSummaries.com?Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

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Interzone
av William S Burroughs
Interzone portrays the development of Burroughs's mature writing style by presenting a selection of pieces from the mid-1950s. His outrageous tone of voice represents the exorcism of four decades of oppressive sexual and social conditioning. Burroughs's close observations of humanity - its ugliness and ignorance - invites the reader to dispense with their traditional notions of decorum, and taste the world as he sees it.

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My Education
av William S Burroughs
My Education is Burroughs's last novel, first published two years before his death in 1997. It is a book of dreams, collected over several decades and as close to a memoir as we will see. The dreams cover themes from the mundane and ordinary - conversations with his friends Allen Ginsberg or Ian Sommerville, feeding his cats, procuring drugs or sex - to the erotic, bizarre and visionary. Always a rich source of imagery in Burroughs's own fiction, in this book dreams become a direct and powerful force in themselves.

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Yage Letters
av Allen Ginsberg, William S Burroughs, Oliver Harris
William Burroughs closed his classic debut novel, Junky, by saying he had determined to search out a drug he called 'Yage' which he believed transmitted telepathic powers, a drug that could be 'the final fix'. In The Yage Letters - a mix of travel writing, satire, psychedelia and epistolary novel - he journeys through South America, writing to his friend Allen Ginsberg about his experiments with the strange drug, using it to travel through time and space, to derange his senses - the perfect drug for the author of the wild decentred books that followed. Years later, Ginsberg writes back as he follows in Burroughs' footsteps, and the drug worse and more profound than he had imagined.

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Western Lands
av William S Burroughs
A fascinating mix of autobiographical episodes and extraordinary Egyptian theology, Burroughs's final novel is poignant and melancholic. Blending war films and pornography, and referencing Kafka and Mailer, The Western Lands confirms his status as one of America's greatest writers. The final novel of the trilogy containing Cities of the Red Night and The Place of Dead Roads, this is a profound meditation on morality, loneliness, life and death.

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Nova Express
av William S Burroughs
The diabolical Nova Criminals now include the nightmarish characters of Sammy the Butcher, Iron Claws, Izzy the Push and the Brown Artist, and are poised to wreak untold destruction on the world with their new-found control. Only Inspector Lee of the Nova Police has any chance of stopping them, by dismantling the word and image machine before it's too late. The third book of Burroughs's linguistically prophetic 'cut-up' trilogy - following The Soft Machine and The Ticket That Exploded - Nova Express is a hilarious and Swiftian parody of bureaucracy and the frailty of the human animal.

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