William S. Burroughs

Don't Hide the Madness (eBook, ePUB)

William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg
Redaktion: Taylor, Steven

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Two seminal figures of the Beat movement, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, discuss literary influences and personal history in a never-before-published three-day conversation following the release of the David Cronenberg film adaptation of Burroughs' revolutionary novel Naked Lunch. The visit coincided with the shamanic exorcism of the demon that Burroughs believed had caused him to fatally shoot his common law wife, Joan Vollmer Burroughs, in 1951-the event that Burroughs believed had driven his work as a writer. The conversation is interspersed with 17 photographs taken by Ginsberg revealing Burroughs's daily activities from his painting studio to the shooting range. DON'T HIDE THE MADNESS presents and important, hitherto unpublished primary document of the Beat Generation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Three Rooms Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781941110713
• Artikelnr.: 54363596

Autorenporträt

William S. Burroughs was a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature. Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, including Naked Lunch, Junky, and Queer, as well as six collections of short stories and four collections of essays. In 1991, director David Cronenberg adapted Naked Lunch for the screen in a film starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Roy Scheider, and Ian Holm. Burroughs also collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians, and made many appearances as himself in films.