Cartas del yagé

In 1/1953, Wm S. Burroughs began an expedition into the jungles of S. America to find yage , the fabled hallucinogen of the Amazon. From the notebooks he kept the letters he wrote home to Allen Ginsberg, Burroughs composed a narrative of his adventures that later appeared as The Yage Letters. For this edition, Oliver Harris has gone back to the original manuscripts untangled the history of the text, telling the story of its genesis cultural importance. Also included in this edition are extensive materials, never before published, by both Burroughs Ginsberg.

Wm S. Burroughs s widely recognized as one of the most influential innovative writers of the 20th century. His books include Junky , Naked Lunch The Wild Boys.