The Soft Machine: The Restored Text (Nova Trilogy, Book 1)

William S. Burroughs

ISBN 10: 1504714342 ISBN 13: 9781504714341

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2016

Synopsis

In The Soft Machine, William S. Burroughs begins an adventure that will take us into the dark recesses of his imagination, a region where nothing is sacred, nothing taboo. Continuing his ferocious verbal assault on hatred, hype, poverty, war, bureaucracy, and addiction in all its forms, Burroughs gives us a surreal space odyssey through the wounded galaxies in a book only he could create.

A total assault on the powers that turn humans into machines by writing and fixing our life scripts, Burroughs' original ''cut-up'' book was itself rewritten in three different forms. This new edition of The Soft Machine clarifies for the first time the extraordinary history of its writing and rewriting, demolishes the myths of his chance-based writing methods, and demonstrates for a new generation the significance of Burroughs' greatest experiment.

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About the Author

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) was an American author of wide-ranging cultural influence. His art, often in the form of darkly humorous satire, was perennially focused on subverting the conventions of modern society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1504714342
• ISBN 13: 9781504714341
• Binding: Audio CD
• Number of pages: 1