The Process (novel)
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The Process | |
1987 Overlook Press edition. |
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Author | Brion Gysin |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Novel |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1969 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
ISBN | ISBN 0-87951-297-0 (1987 ed.) |
The Process is the title of a novel by Brion Gysin which was first published in 1969. Gysin was a painter and composer, and also collaborated with Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs on many occasions. The Process was his first full-length novel.
Described by The Overlook Press (which published a posthumous edition in 1987) as "a powerfully psychological novel", The Process tells the story of a professor named Ulys O. Hanson who sets out on a pilgrimage across the Sahara Desert which turns out to be a hallucinatory experience.
The Process is also the name given to a 1960's magical organization.