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Description edit
In January 1953, William S. Burroughs began an expedition into the jungles of South America to find yage , the fabled hallucinogen of the Amazon. From the notebooks he kept and the letters he wrote home to Allen Ginsberg, Burroughs composed a narrative of his adventures that later appeared as... read more
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Quotes edit
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“"From time to time a player leaps up with a despairing inhuman cry having lost his youth to an old man or become Latah to his opponent. But there are higher stakes than youth or Latah. Games where only two players in the world know what the stakes are."”
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Penguin Modern Classics. (publisher edition list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- William S. Burroughs (Author)
- Allen Ginsberg (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Oliver Harris (Editor)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 818.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Travel › Latin America › South America › Brazil › Amazon
- Books › Nonfiction › Education › Education Theory › Contemporary Methods › Multicultural
- Books › Reference › Writing › Travel
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs
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