My Education: A Book of Dreams
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (913 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140094547 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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One of his best novels. K. Bentley I think this was a very interesting concept to record 5 years worth of dreams and then put them into a book. Some of the images and characters Burroughs comes up with are so vivid and so realistic that when I read this I actually felt like I was with Burroughs during this subconcious journey.I liked how he used his dreams as education, and how he realized the importance of his dreams; a very Freudian quality. I think that this book represented finally coming to terms with your past, and acce. "A tourbook of the Land of the Dead" according to OAKSHAMAN. This really isn't a novel. It is much more than that. This is where Burroughs got so many of the images for his life time of work. You see, this is a tour book of The Land of the Dead, or as he also called it, The Place of Dead Roads. While he subtitles this work _A Book of Dreams_ he is careful to point out that these are a very special sort of dream. They are dreams that are more real than waking life. Indeed, the author speculates if the dreaming city isn't really his true home, his true . William Burrough's latest works are essential Only few books might change your life & the way you are thinking. William Burroughs latest works such as My Education A Book Of Dreams are really essential and maybe the most accessible books ever written by this genius author. Burroughs bibliography is very diversified and is offering a huge puzzle to rearrange which might give you keys for the understanding of the modern society. With the cut-up technique, his work appears in so many different books with the same characters and flashes all
Hundreds of dreams - intense, vivid, visionary - form the spiraling core of a unique and haunting journey into perception. Dreams have always been a rich source of imagery in Burroughs' work. With My Education: A Book of Dreams William S. Exploring and embodying Burroughs' provocative ideas on writing, painting, consciousness and creativity, My Education is profoundly personal, and may be as close to a memoir as we will see.. Burroughs pushes on into new territory, once again committing the unspeakable crime of questioning the reality structure. In this book they are a direct and powerful force
. From Publishers Weekly A memoir of sorts from beat novelist Burroughs, in which he examines his past through the medium of dreams. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc