The Western Lands
1987 novel by William S. Burroughs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Gravenhurst album of the same name, see The Western Lands (album).
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. Inspired by the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Burroughs explores the after-death state by means of dream scenarios, hallucinatory passages, talismanic magic, occultism, superstition, and his characteristic view of the nature of reality.
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Author | William S. Burroughs |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Cities of the Red Night trilogy |
Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 1987 |
Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
Pages | 258 pp |
ISBN | 0-670-81352-4 |
OCLC | 15790818 |
813/.54 19 | |
LC Class | PS3552.U75 W47 1987 |
Preceded by | The Place of Dead Roads |
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