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4263107William S. Burroughshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/william-s-burroughs-9781861897367/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3876469/f8a81ccd-27bf-417d-936b-5d06a7729a7f.jpg?v=638386010445570000454554MXNReaktion BooksInStock/Ebooks/<p>Along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs (191497) is an iconic figure of the Beat generation. In <em>William S. Burroughs</em>, Phil Baker investigates this cult writers life and workfrom small-town Kansas to New York in the 40s, Mexico and the South American jungle, to Tangier and the writing of <em>Naked Lunch</em>, to Paris and the Beat Hotel, and 60s Londonalongside Burroughs self-portrayal as an explorer of inner space, reporting back from the frontiers of experience.</p><p>After accidentally shooting his wife in 1951, Burroughs felt his destiny as a writer was bound up with a struggle to come to terms with the Ugly Spirit that had possessed him. In this fascinating biography, Baker explores how Burroughss early absorption in psychoanalysis shifted through Scientology, demonology, and Native American mysticism, eventually leading Burroughs to believe that he lived in an increasingly magical universe, where he sent curses and operated a wishing machine. His lifelong preoccupation with freedom and its oppositesforms of control or addictioncoupled with the globally paranoid vision of his work can be seen to evolve into a larger ecological concern, exemplified in his idea of a divide between decent people or Johnsons and those who impose themselves upon others, wrecking the planet in the process.</p><p>Drawing on newly available material, and rooted in Burroughss vulnerable emotional life and seminal friendships, this insightful and revealing study provides a powerful and lucid account of his career and significance.</p>...4198762William S. Burroughs454554https://www.gandhi.com.mx/william-s-burroughs-9781861897367/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3876469/f8a81ccd-27bf-417d-936b-5d06a7729a7f.jpg?v=638386010445570000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20109781861897367_W3siaWQiOiI4MTQ4ZmQwMC02NTU3LTQ4YjEtOTE1Mi03OThjNmM4NTk5OGYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjUzOCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjk3LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjQ0MSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMDUtMTdUMTE6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781861897367_<p>Along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs (191497) is an iconic figure of the Beat generation. In <em>William S. Burroughs</em>, Phil Baker investigates this cult writers life and workfrom small-town Kansas to New York in the 40s, Mexico and the South American jungle, to Tangier and the writing of <em>Naked Lunch</em>, to Paris and the Beat Hotel, and 60s Londonalongside Burroughs self-portrayal as an explorer of inner space, reporting back from the frontiers of experience.</p><p>After accidentally shooting his wife in 1951, Burroughs felt his destiny as a writer was bound up with a struggle to come to terms with the Ugly Spirit that had possessed him. In this fascinating biography, Baker explores how Burroughss early absorption in psychoanalysis shifted through Scientology, demonology, and Native American mysticism, eventually leading Burroughs to believe that he lived in an increasingly magical universe, where he sent curses and operated a wishing machine. His lifelong preoccupation with freedom and its oppositesforms of control or addictioncoupled with the globally paranoid vision of his work can be seen to evolve into a larger ecological concern, exemplified in his idea of a divide between decent people or Johnsons and those who impose themselves upon others, wrecking the planet in the process.</p><p>Drawing on newly available material, and rooted in Burroughss vulnerable emotional life and seminal friendships, this insightful and revealing study provides a powerful and lucid account of his career and significance.</p>9781861897367_Reaktion Bookslibro_electonico_fa8c01e5-561f-45a7-93ec-37d1867ea1a4_9781861897367;9781861897367_9781861897367Phil BakerInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/reaktion-epub-f0e174b4-9373-4e2d-ab60-3e069e3b62b7.epub2010-07-15T00:00:00+00:00Reaktion Books