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The Western Lands is a 1987 novel by William S. Burroughs. The final book of the trilogy that begins with Cities of the Red Night (1981) and continues with The Place of Dead Roads (1983), its title refers to the western bank of the Nile River, which in Egyptian mythology is the Land of the Dead.
- William S. Burroughs
- 1987
Mar 13, 2014 · The western lands. by. William S. Burroughs. Publication date. 1987. Publisher. Viking. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary.
The Western Land is legendary Beat writer William S. Burrough’s profound, revealing, and often astonishing meditation on morality, loneliness, life, and death -- a Book of the Dead...
Viking, 1987 - Fiction - 258 pages. Burroughs completes a trilogy that began with Cities of the Red Night and The Place of Dead Roads with a profound, revealing and often astounding meditation on...
- William S. Burroughs
- Viking, 1987
- the University of Michigan
- The Western Lands
Dec 7, 1988 · The Western Land is legendary Beat writer William S. Burrough’s profound, revealing, and often astonishing meditation on morality, loneliness, life, and death -- a Book of the Dead for the nuclear age.
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- William S. Burroughs
- $16
- Penguin Books
Jan 1, 2010 · A fascinating mix of autobiographical episodes and extraordinary Egyptian theology, Burroughs's final novel is poignant and melancholic. Blending war films and pornography, and referencing Kafka and Mailer, The Western Lands confirms his status as one of America's greatest writers.
- William S. Burroughs
The Western Land is legendary Beat writer William S. Burrough’s profound, revealing, and often astonishing meditation on morality, loneliness, life, and death — a Book of the Dead for the nuclear age.
