Queer

Author: William S. Burroughs

Escrita en 1952 pero no publicada hasta 1985 debido a su franca plasmación del deseo homosexual, “Queer”, obra temprana de William S. Burroughs, es al mismo tiempo un descarnado autorretrato narrativo, una historia de amor brutalmente realista, una grotesca fantasía tragicómica y una ingeniosa novela política. Un libro que proporciona muchas claves fundamentales para adent….Read More

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