- Taschenbuch: 304 Seiten
- Verlag: Grove/Atlantic Inc; Auflage: Pbk. (Februar 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0802137784
- ISBN-13: 978-0802137784
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 12,9 x 2,2 x 18,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.8 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (4 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 263.592 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Documenting the final months of this literary and countercultural icon, personal reflections confront the state of the human race and a host of political and social ills, while meditating on his own aproaching death.
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Thursday This is November 14, 1996. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Von Jeanne Lightly
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This book offers a nice tribute to William S. Burroughs, who was one of the most important figures of twentieth century literature. His most famous book is probably Naked Lunch which is a satire written in a series of routines. But whether you begin with Junkie, Naked Lunch or any of the others he was a man who spoke the TRUTH with a compassion and insight achieved by few others as to the state of the modern age. His words are designed to infiltrate the mind, fight the virus with itself, searching out and consuming attitudes of control impregnated by the biologic and social programming of our lives.
Von Ein Kunde
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It is hard to evaluate journal entries, because they are not coherent, and they were originally intended for an audience of one, rather than a large circulation readership. I think "Last Words" is a very interesting look into the mind of one of the most controversial writers of the 20th Century. Burroughs recalls various moments from his life, his favorite pieces of literature, the grocery store novels he was reading, the love of his cats, his hatred of "the war on drugs" and secular humanists, and his reaction to the death of Allen Ginsberg. Owing to the fact that he was 82 years old when he wrote these entries, sometimes they are very disjointed and repetitive, which does not come as much of a shock, considering that many of his greatest novels were disjointed and repetitive. I think the last words in his journal are very optimistic and semi-profound. This book is definitely recommended to Burroughs' fans, and to fans of the Beat genre.
Von John R. Codey
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A wonderful text. Much of Burroughs carries a sadness, but nothing like this. These are the words of a little old man. His friends are dying, his cats are dying, and he knows his own end is imminent. Even his rants against the drug war and other stupidities seem tired, like he was simply rousing his energies toward old enemies to delay his own demise.
Saddest of all was knowing how it would end.
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Thanks to James Grauerholz for this final goodbye from one of the 20th centuries most influential authors, (even if polite society won't admit it). FINAL WORDS will appeal to the Burroughs collector/afficianado as you will see the Grand Old Man return again and again in his final writings to themes that appear in his other works. Also, his commentary on current events and personalities, (Clinton, Timothy McVeigh, his fears of a growing world police state), make this book a must for the Burroughs fan. Particularly touching is how jarred Burroughs was by Allen Ginsberg's death. Burrough's remained true to his ideas/ideals to the very end, even if only at the end realizing the importance of love. From the entry for January 17, 1997: "What then is the meaning of respect? When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man. No one is perfect. No, but by the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge."
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