An early epistolary novel by William Burroughs, whose 1951 account of himself as as junkie, published under the pseudonym William Lee, ended Yage may be the final fix. In letters to Allen Ginsberg, an unknown young poet in New York, his journey to the Amazon jungle is recorded, detailing picaresque incidents of a search for a telepathic-hallucinogenic-mind-expanding drug called yage (Ayahuasca, or Banisteripsis Caape), used by Amazon indian doctors for finding lost objects, mostly bodies and souls. Author and recipient of ...
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An early epistolary novel by William Burroughs, whose 1951 account of himself as as junkie, published under the pseudonym William Lee, ended Yage may be the final fix. In letters to Allen Ginsberg, an unknown young poet in New York, his journey to the Amazon jungle is recorded, detailing picaresque incidents of a search for a telepathic-hallucinogenic-mind-expanding drug called yage (Ayahuasca, or Banisteripsis Caape), used by Amazon indian doctors for finding lost objects, mostly bodies and souls. Author and recipient of these letters met again in New York, Christmas 1953, and edited the writings to form this single book. The correspondence contains the first seeds of the later Burroughsian fantasy in Naked Lunch. Seven years later Ginsberg in Peru writes his old guru an account of his own visions and terrors with the same drug, appealing for further counsel. Burroughs' mysterious reply is sent. The volume concludes with two epilogues: a short note from Ginsberg on his return from the Orient years later reassuring Self that he is still here on earth, and a final poetic cut-up by Burroughs, I am dying, Meester?
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Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 66 pages, illustrated. "The Yage Letters: an early epistolary novel by William S. Burroughs, whose 1951 account of himself as Junkie, published under the pseudonym William Lee, ended 'Yage may be the final fix'." FINE SOFTCOVER.
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Very good. City Lights Books, 1975, ninth printing June 1981. 72pp. 8vo. Shallow crease lower corner tip front cover, uncreased spine, Very Good trade paperback.
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Very Good. 16mo., 62pp. Sharp Stated Third Printing, November, 1966. $1.25 cover price on rear panel. Square, tight and clean throughout save a small neat ownership signature on title page. Minor edge-wear and shallow creasing. Still bright with no chipping or tears. A very nice collectable copy and at a great price.
Long overdue in reading this, given my history as an Entheogenic Enthusiast, a child of the 50s and 60s, and an addictions counselor to boot!
These guys lived a life too down and dirty for my taste, but a fascinating profile nevertheless.
