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The Yage Letters

Pages
66
Published
1963
Language
English

Synopsis

Join William S. Burroughs on a hallucinatory journey through the Amazon in this collection of letters to Allen Ginsberg. Burroughs recounts his quest for yage, a powerful psychedelic, and his experiences with indigenous cultures and altered states of consciousness. This raw and unfiltered account offers a unique glimpse into the mind of a literary icon and the counterculture of the 1950s.

How it reads

Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (1)
Substance Abuse

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