The Adding Machine. Collected Essays.

William Borroughs

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ISBN 10: 0714540730 ISBN 13: 9780714540733

Published by John Calder, London, 1985

Language: English

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First edition. John Calder, London 1985. "Possibly the only living American writer of genius" Norman Mailer (in the year 1985) Book is fine. Paper are miniscule browned because of the used paper quality. Dustjacket is near fine except some slightly fading to the upper part of the back panel. Jacket is now protected by a transparent archival sleeve.

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Title: The Adding Machine. Collected Essays.
Publisher: John Calder, London
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0714540730
ISBN 13: 9780714540733
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1. Auflage
Condition: Sehr gut
Dust Jacket Condition: Sehr gut
Weight: 0.4 kilograms

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Acclaimed by Norman Mailer more than twenty years ago as "possibly the only American writer of genius," William S. Burroughs has produced a body of work unique in our time. In these scintillating essays, he writes wittily and wisely about himself, his interests, his influences, his friends and foes. He offers candid and not always flattering assessments of such diverse writers as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Samuel Beckett, and Marcel Proust. He ruminates on science and the often dubious paths into which it seems intent on leading us, whether into outer or inner space.

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This collection, containing both fiction and nonfiction, is representative of Burroughs's work. The style and tone are vintage Burroughs; the themes of addiction, mind control, and homosexuality central to the novels are explored here more succinctly. The most original material consists of comments on writing and writers: perceptive remarks on Hemingway and Fitzgerald, an interesting comparison of Proust and Beckett, and an acknowledgment of Conrad's influence on a portion of Naked Lunch. Although occasionally marred by repetition, these pieces provide useful insight into the writer's philosophical and artistic concerns. Recommended for serious collections in contemporary literature. William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., CUNY
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