{"product_id":"the-letters-of-william-s-burroughs-volume-i-1945-1959-9780140094527","title":"The Letters of William S. Burroughs: Volume I: 1945-1959","description":"\"These funny, filthy, and terrifically smart letters reveal him in a way that no biographer can.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Guru of the Beat generation, \u003ci\u003eéminence grise\u003c\/i\u003e of the international avant-garde, dark prophet, and blackest of satirists, William S. Burroughs has had a range of influence rivaled by few living writers. This volume of his correspondence from 1945 to 1959 vividly documents the personal and cultural history through which Burroughs developed, revealing clues to illuminate his life and keys to open up his texts. More than that, it shows how letter-writing was itself integral to his life and to his fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beginning as surprisingly formal notes from the road to his friends Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, the letters deepen in substance and style. Then, in Tangier, comes a dramatic shift in voice and vision and the explosive, distinctive letters that will become \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e. Letters were lifelines for Burroughs, the outcast; and works-in-progress for Burroughs, the writer; and, they track his turbulent journey across two decades and three continents. To read them as they were written is to experience a unique merging of life and letters, the extraordinary story of Williams S. Burroughs \u003ci\u003ehomme de lettres\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Unrelenting impact.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140094527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.20w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/23\/1994\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William S. Burroughs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43799785603253,"sku":"9780140094527","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d6a939ff-be23-4fcf-ad58-bd709119459f.jpg?v=1711478427","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-letters-of-william-s-burroughs-volume-i-1945-1959-9780140094527","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}