文档介绍：CITIES OF THE RED NIGHT
William Burroughs
to Brion Gysin
who painted this book before it was written
William Burroughs
to James Grauerholz
CITIES OF THE RED NIGHT who edited this book into present time
to Steven Lowe
for his valuable work on the manuscript
to Dick Seaver
my publisher
to Peter Matson
my agent
to all the characters
and their real-life counterparts living and dead
William S. Burroughs, the world-renowned author of Naked Lunch,
Junky, Queer, Cities of the Red Night, The Place of Dead Roads, The
Western Lands, Interzone, The Cat Inside, My Education: A Book of
Dreams and The Letters of William S. Burroughs 1945-1959 , is a mem-
ber of the American Academy and Institute for Arts and Letters, and a
Commandeur de l'Orde des Arts et des Lettres of France. He lives in
Lawrence, Kansas.
First published in Great Britain 1981 by John Calder (Publishers) Ltd.
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Fore! an address denouncing slavery, holding that men who sold others like
beasts proved their religion to be no more than a grimace as no man had
The liberal principles embodied in the French and American revolu- power of liberty over another....
tions and later in the liberal revolutions of 1848 had already been codi-
fied and put into practice by munes a hundred years earlier. Mission explored the Madagascar coast and found a bay ten leagues
Here is a quote from Under the Black Flag by Don C. Seitz: north of Diégo-Saurez. It was resolved to establish here the shore quar-
ters of the Republic—erect a town, build docks, and have a place they
Captain Mission was one of the forbears of the French Revolution. He might call their own. The colony was called Libertatia and was placed
was one hundred years in advance of his time, for his career was based under Articles drawn up by Captain Mission. The Articles state, among
upon an initial desire to better adjust the affairs of mankind, which other things: all decisions