My Education: A Book of Dreams

My Education is William S. Burroughs's final collection, first published two years before his death in 1997. It is a book of dreams, written over several decades and as personal and 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.

"Mr. Burroughs has lost none of his irreverence or wit, but in recent years he has acquired an elegant, elegiac tone." - The New York Times

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 06/01/1996
ISBN: 9780140094541
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.67h x 5.00w x 0.58d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/29/1996