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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.
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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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.
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''The voice in The Soft Machine is talking about time . . . [It] slips deliberately and frequently, sometimes ironically and sometimes not . . . rattles off elliptical allusions, throws away joke after outrageous joke, shifts gear in mid-sentence, never falters. It is precisely this voice -- complex, subtle, allusive -- that is the fine thing about The Soft Machine and about Burroughs.'' --Joan Didion, New York Times bestselling author
''One of the most interesting pieces of radical fiction we have.'' --The Nation
''Burroughs is the greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift.'' --Jack Kerouac
''One of the most interesting pieces of radical fiction we have.'' --The Nation
''Burroughs is the greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift.'' --Jack Kerouac
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- PublisherBlackstone Audio, Inc.
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1504714334
- ISBN 13 9781504714334
- BindingAudio CD
- Number of pages1
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