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I was just reading a bit about Burroughs and put “Naked Lunch” on my to-read list. Any other recommendations?
by dtgay 6y ago
I was just reading a bit about Burroughs and put “Naked Lunch” on my to-read list.
Any other recommendations?
- papaf 6y agoI really enjoyed listening to his lectures. Two that stood out for me are below. Creative reading: https://archive.org/details/naropa_william_s_burroughs_class_on4 https://archive.org/details/naropa_william_s_burroughs_class... The ethics of wishing: https://archive.org/details/naropa_william_s_burroughs_class_on7 https://archive.org/details/naropa_william_s_burroughs_class... Or just go through the series in order.
- kekebo 6y agoSeconded. My personal favorite is a short essay called "The Discipline of Do Easy", around which Gus van Sant has made a narrated short film[1]. Book wise I enjoyed the Ticket That Exploded, Yagé Papers and the trilogy around Cities Of The Red Night more than Naked Lunch. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoOUBETTyMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoOUBETTyMI
- rwmj 6y agoDon't believe what the article says about a "disjointed, almost illegible narrative". The Naked Lunch a very good approachable book. Also the movie captures it about as well as a film could. The real cut up books are The Nova Trilogy, and (although I did read all 3 when I was younger) they are quite a trial. I also enjoyed "Queer" and "Junkie" which are often not counted as part of his ordinary canon of work (the former was written first and published only posthumously). They're both biographical of course, and approachable. Later in life he wrote The Western Lands which is a fairly straightforward biography, and worth reading.
- LandR 6y agoJunkie - The definitive text of junk.
- qwerty456127 6y agoI recommend to also watch the 1991 movie - it's a piece of art in itself.