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Interzone

Interzone

Burroughs, William S.
Grauerholz, James

Paperback

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 0140094512
ISBN13: 9780140094510
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: Feb 1 1990
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.08 Depth: 7.74
Language: English
From the renowned Beat Generation author, this indispensable addition to the canon of his works showcases his experimental, postmodern style

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 which showcase his trademark mordant humor, while delineating the addictions to drugs and sex that are the central metaphors of his work. But it is the extraordinary WORD, a long, sexually wild and deliberately offensive tirade, that blends confession, routine, and fantasy and marks the true turning point of Burroughs as a writer--the breakthrough of his own characteristic voice that will find its full realization in Naked Lunch.

James Grauerholz's incisive introduction sets the scene for this series of pieces, guiding the reader through Burroughs's literary evolution from the precise, laconic, and deadpan writer of Junky and Queer to the radical, uncompromising seer of Naked Lunch.

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