The Adding Machine

Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays
Cover of the book The Adding Machine by William S. Burroughs, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: William S. Burroughs ISBN: 9780802192974
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. Publication: November 4, 2013
Imprint: Grove Press Language: English
Author: William S. Burroughs
ISBN: 9780802192974
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Publication: November 4, 2013
Imprint: Grove Press
Language: English
"Sheer pleasure. . . . Wonderfully entertaining."-Chicago Sun-Times

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. He reviews his reviewers, explains his famous "cut-up" method, and discusses the role coincidence has played in his life and work. As satirist and parodist, William Burroughs has no peer, as these varied works, written over three decades, amply reveal.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
"Sheer pleasure. . . . Wonderfully entertaining."-Chicago Sun-Times

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. He reviews his reviewers, explains his famous "cut-up" method, and discusses the role coincidence has played in his life and work. As satirist and parodist, William Burroughs has no peer, as these varied works, written over three decades, amply reveal.

More books from Essays

Cover of the book La Terre by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book To the Batpole by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book Letters from England by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book Brontë Sisters: Complete Poems by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book Vita dei Cesari by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book Nuovi poemetti e Primi poemetti by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book Harden by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book The Shepherd’s Hut by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book Notes du Mile End by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book The Best Creative Nonfiction (Vol. 3) by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book Spindrift by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book Ideias de Jeca Tatu by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book Capturing Camelot by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book Lost Souls by William S. Burroughs
Cover of the book Das Mörderische neben dem Leben. Ein Wegbegleiter durch die Welt der Kriminalliteratur by William S. Burroughs
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy