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[–]TokLwdSaNthg 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I’m sure you’re not the only one with questions. I read it 30 years ago and can only recall some disjointed mental pictures now. Have not read anything else like it though - a drug-induced stream of consciousness travelogue. Ground-breaking considering it was published in ‘59. The movie helped shed some light as a semi-autobiographical metaphor for the life of the artist

[–]Yamyam[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Oh, so it was a stream of consciousness from a junky. I guess the paragraphs weren't supposed to make sense.

[–]theFriendlyDoomer 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Worse than that. He took the draft and cut the parts out of order, calling it the cut up technique.