Burroughs was born on january 28, 1857 in the state of new york. Junkie by william lee book cover, description, publication history. Confessions of an unredeemed drug addict originally titled junk, later released as junky is a novel by american beat generation writer william s. Burroughs introduction when i lived in mexico city at the end of the 1940s, it was a city of one million people, with clear sparkling air and the sky that special shade of blue that goes so well with circling vultures, blood and sandthe raw menacing pitiless mexican blue. Burroughs, is a seductive story set at the inception of the hip subculture in america. This is the unadulterated, unglamorous, unthrilling life of the drug addict. The story follows a man at odds with american mainstream culture into a quest for spiritual meaning via heroin. Burroughs and james grauerholz in 1954 william burroughs settled in tangiers, finding a sanctuary of sorts in its shadowy streets, blind alleys, and lowlife decadence. It is about a junky who redeems himself on christmas eve night and gives instead of takes to a person in need.
Six years before he published his breakthrough novel, naked lunch 1959, william s. Junky by william s burroughs this month, our look at the avantgarde legend will be based on his more or less conventional autobiographical novel published. In his debut novel, junky, burroughs fictionalized his experiences using and peddling heroin and other drugs in the 1950s into a work that reads like a field report from the underworld of postwar america. Burroughs, published initially under the pseudonym william lee in 1953. Ebook william s burroughs as pdf download portable document. William burroughs the original junkie william burroughs. It was his first published novel and has come to be considered a seminal text on the lifestyle of heroin addicts in the early 1950s. After many rejections, burroughs kind of gave up on the idea of seeing this book in print.
Burroughs broke into the literary scene with junky sometimes also called junkie, a candid, semiautobiographical account of an unredeemed drug addict. Burroughs bestknown novel is a wild ride, a disjointed trip that begins in washington square but soon shifts to the city of interzone, a surreal. Mar 04, 2008 junky part 11of 11 by wlliam s bourroughs 1953 duration. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 208 pages and is available in paperback format. His first published work, it is semiautobiographical and focuses on burroughs life as a drug user and dealer. The main characters of this fiction, classics story are. Junky part 11of 11 by wlliam s bourroughs 1953 duration. You will be glad to know that right now junky william s burroughs pdf is available on our online library. Aug 07, 2012 junkie alternately titled junky is a 1953 semiautobiographical novel by william s. From the tenements of new york to the queer bars of new orleans, junky takes the reader into a world at once longforgotten and still with us today. Jul 18, 2019 william burroughs the original junkie books the guardian. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 289 pages and is available in paperback format. It is a candid eyewitness account of times and places that are now long gone, an unvarnished field report from the american postwar underground.
Burroughs was a primary figure of the beat generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature. It is a way of life william burroughs, legendary drug addict, founder member of the beats and author of naked lunch, relates with unflinching realism the addict s life. Burroughs this study guide consists of approximately 38 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of junky. It s safe to say that the book wouldnt have seen the light of day if allen ginsberg hadnt taken burroughs under his wing and edited the manuscript. Louis, missouri on february 5, 1914, to laura lee and mortimer burroughs, grandson and namesake of william s. Junky and william burroughs oblique moral vision books. In 1949, burroughs, vollmer and billy moved with vollmers daughter to mexico city, where burroughs wrote junky, a semiautobiographical depiction of heroin addiction burroughs had been taking the drug since the midforties.
Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Burroughs son joan vollmer was the mother, william billy burroughs, was born in 1947. Burroughs reads his first novel, junky open culture. Burroughs reads from the place of dead roads and the cat inside. Confessions of an unredeemed drug addict junky a novel by william lee william s. Fans will probably enjoy this fragmentary collection. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading junky. Burroughs published junky, an irresistible strungout ode to the joys and perversities of drug addiction. Nov 23, 2012 junky, a semiautobiographical novel by william s. Burroughs last words collection, in processing 10 bound volumes and 2 boxes, are held at the kenneth spencer research library, university of kansas.
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