Allen Ginsberg Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

'I saw you, Walt Whitman, childless, lonely old grubber, poking among the meats in the refrigerator and eyeing the grocery boys' Allen Ginsberg's poetry fomented a social and political revolution, and with its rawness and spontaneity changed the course of the American lyric. To read his profane and prophetic verses, about sex, death and America, as well as the humour of his humiliations and self-transformations, is to stretch consciousness and grasp an entire era.

»Amerikas Ikone« DIE ZEIT – Allen Ginsbergs wichtigste Prosastücke, erstmals auf Deutsch. Allen Ginsberg war die große Leitfigur der Beat Generation. Mit seinen Werken sorgte er immer wieder für Kontroversen, indem er Drogen, Sex und Politik direkt thematisierte. Wie konnte aus einem gepeinigten jungen Mann einer der einflussreichsten Intellektuellen und Künstler der Nachkriegszeit werden? Ginsberg hat keine Autobiographie veröffentlicht in der Überzeugung, dass sein Werk alles Wesentliche enthält. Michael Kellner, der Allen Ginsberg selbst kannte, hat die wichtigsten Prosatexte in diesem Band zusammengestellt. Das vielschichtige Porträt, das sich so zusammensetzt, kann nicht alle Lebenswidersprüche auflösen, aber dem bisherigen Bild neue Facetten hinzufügen. Vor allem zeigt es, wie sehr es sich lohnt, sich neu mit Ginsberg und seinem herausragenden Werk zu beschäftigen. Die Prosa liegt erstmals auf Deutsch vor, übersetzt und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Michael Kellner. Mit bislang unveröffentlichten Fotos zum 25. Todestag des Dichters am 5. April 2022.

Die wichtigsten Gedichte – neu übersetztAllen Ginsberg, die große Leitfigur der Beat Generation, gehört zu den bedeutendsten Dichtern der US-Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Doch gleich sein erstes Gedicht »Howl« (»Geheul«) wurde verboten – so direkt hatte noch niemand über Drogen, Sex und Politik geschrieben. Wie sehr es sich lohnt, sich neu mit diesem großen poète maudit und seiner Lyrik zu beschäftigen, zeigen die Neuübersetzungen namhafter Lyrikerinnen und Lyriker, die den Originalen treu bleiben und zugleich vielschichtige Perspektiven auf ein Werk bieten, das die Welt verändert hat.Neu übersetzt von Carolin Callies, Nora Gomringer, Alexander Graeff, Durs Grünbein, Caroline Hartge, Jonis Hartmann, Stefan Hyner, Anja Kampmann, Michael Kellner, Odile Kennel, Sibylle Klefinghaus, Georg Leß, Hans-Ulrich Möhring, Arne Rautenberg, Monika Rinck, Jürgen Schmidt, Clemens J. Setz, Michelle Steinbeck, Anke Stelling, Sibylla Vričić Hausmann und Ron Winkler.

Set against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, this autobiographical narrative explores the author's experiences across America, providing crucial context to Ginsberg's acclaimed National Book Award-winning poetry. Through personal reflections and vivid storytelling, it captures the cultural and social upheaval of the era, revealing how these influences shaped his literary voice and vision.

Allen Ginsbergs Gedicht »Das Geheul« aus den 50er Jahren thematisiert das verzweifelte Suchen nach Sinn in einem hoffnungslosen Amerika. Es gilt als Kultbuch der Beat Generation und wird von Kritikern hoch geschätzt. Die typographische Gestaltung von Klaus Detjen umfasst grafische Suiten, die den Verlauf des Gedichts visuell widerspiegeln.

Mezi nejznámější básnické skladby Allena Ginsberga patří Kadiš, velkolepý žalozpěv na básníkovu zesnulou matku, jejíž duševní choroba silně ovlivnila jeho dětství. Zárodky básně vznikly v Paříži v roce 1957, kde Ginsberg s beatnickými tvůrci prostřednictvím halucinogenů „rozšiřoval sféru vědomí“. V Kadiši se mu podařilo vypsat se z hlubokých traumat, přičemž k odemknutí podvědomí použil morfium a metamfetamin. Konečná revize proběhla po návratu z Peru, kde užil ayahuasku. Výmluvné jsou názvy dalších básní ve sbírce, jako Meskalin či Kyselina lysergová; autor v nich opět vymítá ducha své matky, lamentuje nad iluzorností univerza a prožívá pocity tvůrčího zmaru i duchovního prozření. V psychedelickém proudu vědomí nechává volně plynout vize, nářky a chvalozpěvy, čímž k nám po šedesáti letech skrze své verše stále živě promlouvá. Básnická sbírka Kadiš a jiné básně, vydaná v roce 1961, obsahuje Ginsbergovy básně z konce padesátých let v klasickém překladu Jana Zábrany. Čtyři dosud nepřeložené básně přeložil Bob Hýsek.

V roce 1977, po dvaceti letech od vydání své přelomové básně Kvílení a Kerouacova kultovního románu Na cestě, se Allen Ginsberg rozhodl vyučovat kurs věnovaný literárním dějinám beatnické generace. Ginsberg znal všechny zásadní postavy beatnického hnutí osobně a sám výrazně ovlivnil veřejné mínění ohledně beatnických básníků a spisovatelů; těžko by se našel komentátor či historik, který by dokázal hovořit o počátcích i vývoji beatnické scény se srovnatelnou zasvěceností. Rozumí se samo sebou, že přednášky v podání této legendární osobnosti byly okořeněné necenzurovanými postřehy a k akademické suchopárnosti měly daleko. V knize Nejlepší hlavy mé generace Ginsberg vychází především z vlastní zkušenosti, popisuje svá první setkání s Kerouacem, Burroughsem i dalšími členy beat generation a nabízí vskutku neotřelý, kritický a přitom nesmírně živý pohled na jedno z nejvýznamnějších literárních hnutí dvacátého století.

Verses about sex, death, revolution and America

Rainy night on Union Square, full moon. Want more poems? Wait till I m dead.Allen Ginsberg, August 8, 1990, 3:30 A.M. The first new Ginsberg collection in over fifteen years, Wait Till I m Dead is a landmark publication, edited by renowned Ginsberg scholar Bill Morgan and introduced by award-winning poet and Ginsberg enthusiast Rachel Zucker. Ginsberg wrote incessantly for more than fifty years, often composing poetry on demand, and many of the poems collected in this volume were scribbled in letters or sent off to obscure publications and unjustly forgotten. Wait Till I m Dead, which spans the whole of Ginsberg s long writing career, from the 1940s to the 1990s, is a testament to Ginsberg s astonishing writing and singular aesthetics. Following the chronology of his life, Wait Till I m Dead reproduces the poems together with extensive notes. Containing 104 previously uncollected poems and accompanied by original photographs, Wait Till I m Dead is the final major contribution to Ginsberg s sprawling oeuvre, a must-read for Ginsberg neophytes and longtime fans alike.

Rainy night on Union Square, full moon. Want more poems? Wait till I'm dead. Allen Ginsberg, August 8, 1990, 3-30 A.M. Allen Ginsberg wrote incessantly for more than fifty years, and many of the poems collected for the first time in this volume were scribbled in letters or sent off to obscure publications and unjustly forgotten. Containing more than a hundred previously unpublished poems, accompanied by original photographs, and spanning from the 1940s to the 1990s, Wait Till I'm Dead is the final major contribution to Ginsberg's sprawling oeuvre, a must have for Ginsberg neophytes and long-time fans alike.

Allen Ginsberg, a key figure of the Beat Generation alongside William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, is one of the most influential American poets of the 20th century. His poetry inspired many artists and supported protest movements against nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War. This collection features his poems from the years leading up to his death.

One of the longest relationships between a publisher and a writer, documented in an intimate correspondence spanning their respective careers.

Visionary poet Allen Ginsberg was one of the most influential cultural and literary figures of the 20th century, his face and political causes familiar to millions who had never even read his poetry. And yet he is a figure that remains little understood, especially how a troubled young man became one of the intellectual and artistic giants of the postwar era. He never published an autobiography or memoirs, believing that his body of work should suffice. The Essential Ginsberg attempts a more intimate and rounded portrait of this iconic poet by bringing together for the first time his most memorable poetry but also journals, music, photographs and letters, much of it never before published.

Obsáhlý výbor poezie předního amerického básníka Allena Ginsberga, zakladatele literárního hnutí beat generation. Kniha obsahuje jak básně notoricky známé (Kvílení, Kádiš), tak i básně dosud v češtině nepublikované. Výbor „Neposílejte mi už žádné dopisy“ podává ucelený přehled padesátileté Ginsbergovy tvorby v rozmezí let 1947–1997. Kniha je doprovázena autorovými ilustracemi.

"[An] essential Beat masterpiece." --The Village Voice. Perhaps one of the last great dual correspondences of the twentieth century, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters reveals not only the process of creation of the two most celebrated members of the Beat Generation, but also the unfolding of a remarkable friendship of immense pathos and spiritual depth. Through this exhilarating exchange of letters, two-thirds of which have never been published before, Kerouac and Ginsberg emerge first and foremost as writers of artistic passion, innovation, and genius. Vivid and enthralling, the letters, which date from their first meeting in 1944 to Kerouac's untimely death in 1969, chronicle the endless struggle, anguish, and sacrifice involved in giving form to their literary visions.

Written during 1951-52, this novel was an underground legend by the time it was finally published in 1972. Written in an experimental form, Kerouac created the ultimate account of his voyages with Neal Cassady, which he captured in a different form for On the Road.

Uivo e Outros Poemas, de Allen Ginsberg, foi originalmente publicado em 1956 pela editora City Lights Books. Apreendido pelos serviços alfandegários dos Estados Unidos e pela polícia de São Francisco, foi sujeito a um longo julgamento, em que poetas e professores tentaram convencer o tribunal de que não se tratava de um livro obsceno. Mais tarde, Uivo acabou por se tornar o livro de poesia mais lido na história dos EUA, com cerca de um milhão de exemplares vendidos em relativamente pouco tempo. Carl Solomon, a quem Uivo é dedicado, foi um dadaísta do Bronx que escreveu poesia em prosa.

Le poesie trattano di mortalità, mare, musica, scrittori, artisti, viaggi, natura, sogni e colpa.

The Beat movement emerged in the early 1950s as a profound artistic and social revolution, reshaping American culture. Influential figures like William S. Burroughs viewed Beat writers as catalysts for change, contributing to a more liberated society. This literary movement played a crucial role in the broader cultural and political transformations in America over the past four decades, challenging societal norms and advocating for minority rights at a time when such expressions were heavily censored.

Here, for the first time, is a volume that gathers the published verse of Allen Ginsberg in its entirety, a half century of brilliant work from one of America's great poets. As the chief figure among the Beats, Ginsberg changed the course of American poetry, liberating it from closed academic forms with the creation of open, vocal, spontaneous, and energetic postmodern verse. Ginsberg's raw tones and attitudes of spiritual liberation also helped catalyze a psychological revolution that has become a permanent part of our cultural heritage, profoundly influencing not only poetry, popular song, and speech but also our view of the world

Now a Major Motion Picture! First published in 1956, Allen Ginsberg's Howl is a prophetic masterpiece—an epic raging against dehumanizing society that overcame censorship trials and obscenity charges to become one of the most widely read poems of the century.

Exploring the evolution of Pop culture from the late 1950s to the late 1960s, this comprehensive survey examines its impact on art, film, photography, and architecture, highlighting the interplay between mass production and mass media. Unlike other works that focus solely on Pop art, it offers a holistic view of the movement's influence across America, Britain, and Europe, showcasing its diverse manifestations and cultural significance during this transformative era.

Der Band versammelt die bekanntesten Gedichte Ginsbergs, darunter "Das Geheul", "Kaddisch" und "Tod & Ruhm", sowie viele wenig bekannte Werke. Die Gedichte zeichnen sich durch unvergessliche Rhythmen und Tonfälle aus.

Dazzling in its range, exhilarating in its immediacy and grace, a collection that gathers together, from every region of the country and from the past forty years, the poems that continue to shape our imaginations.From Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery and Adrienne Rich, to Robert Haas and Louise Glück, this anthology takes the full measure of our poetry's daring energies and its tender understandings.Other poets Sylvia PlathJames MerrillAmy clampittJorie GrahamW. S. MerwinCharles SimicAllen GinsbergFrank O'HaraAnne SextonRobert CreeleySharon OldsMary OliverRobert PinskyMark StrandDenise LevertovRichard WilburMay SwensonMichael PalmerMark DotyYusef Komunyakaa

Gives not only a personal glimpse into the life of one of the great US poets, but also the story of a relationship between a father and a son. This work presents a collection of letters, written between the years 1944 and 1976. The letters that take you inside the mind of America's most influential post-war poet.

Far from merely paying respect to a man proclaimed as one of the key figures of twentieth-century American literary and cultural history, this volume provocatively recreates the impassioned voice of Ginsberg as man, poet, revolutionary and political activist. Always witty and engaging, this collection of interviews from throughout Ginsberg's career reveals his attitudes towards poetry and drugs, his literary influences and personal relationships.

Kraj Majales, 'Who Be Kind to?', 'The Change: Kyoto-Tokyo Express,' and more. schovat popis

Meditations, rhapsodies, elegies, confessions, and mindful chronicle writings filling inward and outward space thru mid-Seventies decade. schovat popis

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Over Kansas, 'American Change,' 'Siesta in Xbalba,' 'The Green Automobile,' and more. schovat popis

Dosud nejrozsáhlejší český výbor z poezie předního představitele beatnické generace představuje Ginsberga jako nezastupitelný hlas v poválečné americké poezii i jako nepřehlédnutelný společenský a kulturní fenomén, jenž v neposlední řadě významně ovlivnil i českou kulturní scénu šedesátých let. Textovou část doplňuje editorův esej, bohatý doprovodný materiál včetně ohlasů na Ginsbergovo dílo a rozhovoru s autorem i řada obrazových dokumentů.

Ginsberg's work serves as a powerful critique of American society, addressing issues like government policies, the Vietnam War, and capitalism. Through personal essays, he offers insightful portraits of influential figures such as Jean Genet and Andy Warhol. His reflections on poetry, free speech, Buddhism, and the Beats capture the essence of postwar American culture, showcasing his role in shaping its moral and artistic landscape.

Here, accompanied by dozens of unique photographs, are the very best of Victor Bockris's infamous interviews, essays, and observations on the stars of downtown Manhattan in the 1970s and 1980s. The internationally acclaimed biographer Bockris was there as a witness, friend, collaborator, and co-conspirator. Some of the stars were founding members of Beat or Punk, others were just passing through. But all of them—rockers, rebels, artists, and intellectuals—revealed more to Bockris than they did to any other writer: Allen Ginsberg, Richard Hell, Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Debbie Harry, William Burroughs, Patti Smith, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richards, Terry Southern, Martin Amis, and Susan Sontag. Bockris's conclusion—that Punk owed the Beats a big debt and that the Beats were in turn re-animated by the Punks—is argued from the perspective of someone who was in the thick of it, and who loved every minute of it.

Objevný výbor z poezie jedné z určujících osobností americké poválečné literární scény se soustřeďuje na dosud nepříliš akcentovanou lyrickou tvář Ginsbergova básnického odkazu. V zasvěceném doslovu poukazuje editor na autorovo místo v kontextu světové lyriky i na to, čím jeho radikální přístup k literárním, obecně kulturním i společenským konvencím tento kontext nesmazatelně poznamenal.

This counter-cultural collection of American verse fits in Robert Lowell's famous definition of the raw in American poetry. Contributors include: Olson; Duncan; Creeley; Guest; Ashbery; Ginsberg; Kerouac; Levertov; O'Hara; Snyder; and Schuyler.

Allen Ginsberg was one of the bravest & most admired poets of his century. Famously energizing the Beat Generation literary movement upon encountering Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac & Wm Burroughs in mid-century NYC, he influenced generations of writers, musicians & poets. We lost a great figures of 20th-century American literary & cultural history when he died on 4/5/97. This volume of final poems commemorates his death's anniversary & includes verses written just before dying. His title poem, Death & Fame, ponders his life, &, in his inimitable way, how he'd like a funeral arranged & who'd be there. He reflects on life as a celebrity, contemplating past lovers, friends & fans. In "The Ballad of the Skeletons", he shares his unsettlingly controversial thoughts on America's political & social systems. "Things I'll Not Do (Nostalias)", most poignant poem in the collection, was written six days before he died. He ruminates on the people, places & events that held importance for him he'll leave behind. His signature style & perspective are remarkably present in all the poems as we are allowed a last glimpse into his mind.

Zweisprachige Ausgabe von William Carlos Williams mit Einführung und Nachwort von Walter Höllerer. Enthält 89 Seiten in Deutsch und Englisch.

Allen Ginsberg was one of the bravest and most admired poets of this century. Famous for energizing the Beat Generation literary movement upon his historic encounter with Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs in mid-century New York City, Ginsberg influenced several generations of writers, musicians, and poets. When he died on April 5, 1997, we lost one of the greatest figures of twentieth-century American literary and cultural history. This singular volume of final poems commemorated the anniversary of Ginsberg's death, and includes the verses he wrote in the years shortly before he died.

In this limited edition folio of his graphics, songs and poems, Eric Drooker presents ten years of work chronicling the political and cultural upheavals on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Drooker traces the neighborhood's radical history back two centuries in his written introduction and follows with dozens of arresting images, depicting the resistance of the beaten-down, the trod-upon and the forgotten in our brave new economic order. These visual protests debuted on lampposts and walls, but they have long since become part of the ongoing visual and psychic landscape of the Lower East Side.

Tato kniha obsahuje krátké povídky a ukázky od amerických autorů, kteří reprezentují legendární beatnickou kulturu, jejímž centrem bylo San Francisco. Mezi hlavními autory najdeme Ferlinghettiho, Cassadyho, Kerouaca, Ginsberga a Corsoa, doplněné o další autory z Ameriky a Evropy. Výbor představuje literární díla dvaceti autorů spolu s úvodními informacemi o jejich životech a je zakončen esejem Aldouse Huxleyho o vlivu drog na uměleckou tvorbu. Povídky se zabývají tématy, která zkoumají neprozkoumané oblasti lidské mysli, odhalují bizarní vize a extrémní zážitky. Autoři se vydávají na cesty fantazie vyvolané halucinogeny, setkávají se s obrazy ráje i temnoty, smrti a sebezničení. Tato antologie je pro dnešního čtenáře ukázkou svobody tvorby psychedelické generace šedesátých let, která zanechala nesmazatelnou stopu v moderní literatuře. Obsahuje úryvky a povídky od autorů jako Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg a další, včetně esejů a rozhovorů, které reflektují jejich jedinečné pohledy na svět.

Chosen by Ginsberg himself from nearly fifty years of experimental, groundbreaking verse, this selection, in his words, 'summarizes what I deem most honest, most penetrant of my writing'.

Allan Ginsberg was the leading poet and conscience of the Beat generation. Indian Journals collects Ginsberg’s writings from his trip to India in 1962–63.

Allen zde vyjadřuje své názory na homosexualitu, politiku spojených státu, Kuby i Sovětského Svazu. Vrací se zde ke svým kamarádům, ale i partnerům (Kerouac, Burroughs), poodhaluje něco ze svých zkušeností s drogami etc…

tento esej je určen těm, kteří marihuanu nekouřili Esej Allena Ginsberga se věnuje rozptýlení předsudků okolo marihuany a vlastním zážitkům autora při kouření marihuany.

Back in print after 20 years, this text from the earliest days of psychedelia chronicles the experiences on 16 acid trips taken before LSD was illegal. The trip guides or "high priests" included Aldous Huxley, Ram Dass, Ralph Meltzner, Huston Smith and a junkie from New York City named Willy. It tells of the goings-on and freaking out at the Millbrook mansion in New York State that became the Mecca of psychedelia during the 1960s, and of the many luminaries who made their pilgrimage there to trip with Leary and his group. Chapters include an I Ching reading and a chronicle of what happened during those "spacewalks" of the mind.

Presented chronologically, this anthology includes material by Ginsberg's artist friends, explanatory notes and a prefatory essay by the author. Work from the City Lights volume is included, with essays and pamphlets previously published by small presses and some hitherto unpublished material.

Toto vydání obsahuje dvě knihy – Teplouš (Burroughs) a Dopisy o Yage (Burroughs / Ginsberg). „Protagonista mého prvního románu Feťák, Lee, se jeví jako zcela integrovaný a soběstačný, jistý si sám sebou i tím, kam směřuje. V Teploušovi je rozložený, zoufale někoho potřebuje, ať užznámého nebo prostě nějaký kontakt, je naprosto nejistý sám sebou i smyslem své existence.“ Kniha, která nás opět díky svému věcnému jazyku a suchému stylu, temnému humoru a agresivní energii uvádí do Burroughsových vizí, jež se už dávno staly skutečností. Kniha byla napsána v roce 1952, poprvé však vyšla až v roce 1985, česky pak v roce 1991.

Ze sbírek Collected Poems 1947-1980, White Shroud, Poems 1980-1985 a časopiseckých vydání uspořádal převážně sám A. Ginsberg za své návštěvy v Praze roku 1990. Ediční poznámka Cílem tohoto výboru z Ginsbergovy poezie bylo navázat na souborné vydání ginsbergovských překladů Jana Zábrany (Kvílení, Odeon 1990), jež je ohraničeno lety 1950 – 1965, a pokusit se tak doplnit a ucelit obraz díla tohoto předního představitele americké beat generation. Doporučující výbor ze svého díla provedl při své poslední návštěvě v Praze (v dubnu 1990) sám autor; jeho výbor byl sice (především z důvodů rozsahu textů) zkrácen, avšak zároveň byl i (především z důvodů možností překladu a předpokládané srozumitelnosti českému čtenáři) rozšířen o několik dalších básnických textů z let 1965 – 1985, a také o pár čísel z pětiletí následujícího, tj. z posledního období básníkovy tvorby. Výbor je symbolicky ukončen loňským Návratem krále Majáles. Při uspořádání výboru jsme také přihlíželi ke studii Protestní, prorocké a elegické zpěvy Allena Ginsberga od prof. Josefa Jařaba (otištěné v odeonském svazku Kvílení), která pojednává i o posledních desítiletích básníkovy tvorby a která nám pomohla se v básníkově rozsáhlém díle zorientovat. Martin Machovec leden 1991

Gathers all of Ginsberg's poems in the order in which they were published, and includes notes and a brief introduction by the author

Here, in what has become a classic of its kind since its publication in 1978, is the fascinating story of Jack Kerouac, "King of the Beats" and American literary legend, recorded through the voices of his friends and lovers. Authors Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee retraced Kerouac's life at home and on the road and talked with the prophets, musicians, poets, socialites, and working people who knew Jack Kerouac. Some are famous like Allen Ginsberg, Gore Vidal, William Burroughs, Gary Snyder, among others; and some are not like Jack's boyhood buddies, his lovers, and his barroom companions. All, however, have contributed to a remarkably vibrant, riveting portrait of a life. We see Jack at Columbia University and on the scene of Greenwich Village; speeding across the tarmac of America with Neal Cassidy ("Dan Moriarty" in Kerouac's classic novel, On the Road); at home with his possessive mother; in California, drinking wine and talking Buddhism; and finally, in Florida, where his life ends tragically at forty-seven years old. Jack's Book, like Kerouac's novels, makes a unique contribution to our understanding of a man and a generation that shaped the dreams and visions of those who followed.

Allen Ginsberg ha lasciato nei suoi diari una testimonianza di eccezionale interesse e suggestione. Scritti tra il 1952 e il 1962, anni dei primi fermenti che avrebbero poi inciso su un'intera generazione in Occidente, documentano il suo peregrinare in Messico e in California, in Europa e a New York, in India e lungo il Mediterraneo. Vi confluiscono esercitazioni di scrittura, esperienze di viaggi anche allucinogeni, poesie, abbozzi, disegni, riflessioni, descrizioni di sogni: quasi uno scrigno in cui vengono custoditi i frammenti che poi Ginsberg elaborerà nella poesia. Ritratto a mosaico di una generazione che ha cambiato l'America e l'Europa, vi si incontrano nella loro quotidiana attività personaggi come Kerouac e Burroughs, Corso e Orlovsky, Ferlinghetti e Cassady, tutti protagonisti di una stagione intellettuale irripetibile.

Ginsberg's 1956 collection of poems created a sensation, becoming the subject of an obscenity trial and changing the literary landscape forever

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?