The Western Lands
$28.65
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2010
Summary
A profound meditation on morality, loneliness, life and death.
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 me…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141189949 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141189940 |
| Author: | William S. Burroughs |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 131mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs was born on February 5, 1914 in St Louis. In work and in life Burroughs expressed a lifelong subversion of the morality, politics and economics of modern America. To escape those conditions, and in particular his treatment as a homosexual and a drug-user, Burroughs left his homeland in 1950, and soon after began writing. By the time of his death he was widely recognised as one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the twentieth century. His numerous books include Naked Lunch, Junky, Queer, Nova Express, Interzone, The Wild Boys, The Ticket That Exploded and The Soft Machine. After living in Mexico City, Tangier, Paris, and London, Burroughs finally returned to America in 1974. He died in 1997.
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