The Ticket That Exploded : The Restored Text

William S Burroughs

ISBN 10: 0802122094 / ISBN 13: 9780802122094

Verlag: Grove Atlantic Apr 2014, 2014

Beschreibung

Neuware - As this new edition reveals, the cultural reach of The Ticket That Exploded has expanded with the viral logic of Burroughs s multimedia methods, recycling itself into our digital environment. A last chance antidote to the virus of lies spread by the ad men and con men of the Nova Mob, Burroughs s book is an outrageous hybrid of pulp science fiction, obscene experimental poetry, and manifesto for revolution as fresh today as it ever has been. Edited from the original manuscripts by renowned Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris, this revised edition incorporates an introduction and appendices of never before seen materials.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780802122094

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Ticket That Exploded : The Restored Text
• Verlag: Grove Atlantic Apr 2014
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0802122094
• ISBN-13: 9780802122094
• Bindung: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

As this new edition reveals, the cultural reach of The Ticket That Exploded has expanded with the viral logic of Burroughss multimedia methods, recycling itself into our digital environment. A last chance antidote to the virus of lies spread by the ad men and con men of the Nova Mob, Burroughss book is an outrageous hybrid of pulp science fiction, obscene experimental poetry, and manifesto for revolutionas fresh today as it ever has been. Edited from the original manuscripts by renowned Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris, this revised edition incorporates an introduction and appendices of never before seen materials.

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William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) was the author of numerous novels, including Junky, Queer Naked Lunch, Nova Express, The Ticket That Exploded, The Soft Machine, and The Wild Boys. He is considered one of the twentieth century's most radical, innovative, and influential writers, and a founding member of the Beat Generation.