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My Education: A Book of Dreams (Hardcover)

by William S. Burroughs (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 193 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (9 Aug 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330344625
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330344623
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 576,091 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Dreams have always been a source of imagery in Burroughs' work. In this text, hundreds of dreams - intense, vivid, visionary - form the spiralling core of a haunting journey into perception.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiration..., 4 April 2001
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For those who are in any way familiar with Burrough's seminal writing, the hallucinogenic and dream-like qualities in many of the sequences in books such as 'Naked Lunch,' etc., will already have been noted. It should come as no surprise, then, to learn that Burroughs drew much of his inspiration from actual dreams, spawned in the ever-turning and enigmatic mind of the great writer.

Here, then, is a collection of Burroughs' dream journals, in which he recorded, over the course of a number of years, his dreams.

Typically strange, and full of bizarre and potent imagery, this book provides an insight into the inspiration for many of the passages which appeared in his manifold full-length novels. Furthermore, it provides further proof, if any was required, that Burroughs really did live his work.

More accessible, both in terms of structure and prose style, than much of his work, this is a truly fascinating read.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Start elsewhere, 20 April 2003
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The problem with other peoples' dreams (even when those other people are great writers) is that they are never as interesting as your own! While this book does indeed give one a cursory insight into the themes, motifs and obsessions of Burroughs' major work, it nevertheless has a dry, flat, almost lifeless quality to it which really doesn't do the man justice. If you're new to Burroughs, give it a miss until you've explored a few of the more famous texts. For completists only.
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