{"product_id":"junky-william-s-burroughs-9780141189826","title":"Junky (William S Burroughs)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shocking exposé of the desperate subculture surrounding heroin addiction, William S. Burroughs' \u003ci\u003eJunky \u003c\/i\u003eis edited with an introduction by Oliver Harris in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBurroughs' first novel, a largely autobiographical account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures and relapses, remains the most unflinching, unsentimental account of addiction ever written. Through junk neighbourhoods in New York, New Orleans and Mexico City, through time spent kicking, time spent dealing and time rolling drunks for money, through junk sickness and a sanatorium, \u003ci\u003eJunky\u003c\/i\u003e is a field report (by a writer trained in anthropology at Harvard) from the American post-war drug underground. Nurtured into being by fellow Beat Generation guru Allen Ginsberg, \u003ci\u003eJunky\u003c\/i\u003e is a cult classic that has influenced generations of writers with its raw, sparse and unapologetic tone. This definitive edition painstakingly recreates the author's original text word for word.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn work and in life, William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) expressed a constant subversion of the morality, politics and economics of modern America. To escape those conditions, and in particular his treatment as a homosexual and a drug-user, Burroughs left his homeland in 1950, and soon after began writing. By the time of his death he was widely recognised as one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the twentieth century. His numerous books include \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch, Junky, Queer, Nova Express, Interzone, The Wild Boys, The Ticket That Exploded \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Soft Machine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eJunky\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Burroughs' \u003ci\u003eExterminator!\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Reads today as fresh and unvarnished as it ever has'\u003cbr\u003eWill Self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWilliam S Burroughs (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e William S. Burroughs was born on February 5, 1914 in St Louis. In work and in life Burroughs expressed a lifelong subversion of the morality, politics and economics of modern America. To escape those conditions, and in particular his treatment as a homosexual and a drug-user, Burroughs left his homeland in 1950, and soon after began writing. By the time of his death he was widely recognised as one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the twentieth century. His numerous books include \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch, Junky, Queer, Nova Express, Interzone, The Wild Boys, The Ticket That Exploded and The Soft Machine\u003c\/i\u003e. After living in Mexico City, Tangier, Paris, and London, Burroughs finally returned to America in 1974. He died in 1997.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOliver Harris (Introducer) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Oliver Harris\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of American literature at Keele University and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945-1959\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eJunky: the Definitive Text of \"Junk\"\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eThe Yage Letters Redux\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), and \u003ci\u003eEverything Lost: The Latin American Notebook of William S. Burroughs\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). He has published articles on film noir, the epistolary, and Beat Generation writing and the book \u003ci\u003eWilliam Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). He is currently co-editing \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch@50: Anniversary Essays \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) and working on a new twenty-fifth anniversary edition of \u003ci\u003eQueer\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming in 2010).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 208 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65912347754845,"sku":"K020872091","price":10.2,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2087209100001A.jpg?v=1789320106","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/junky-william-s-burroughs-9780141189826","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}