Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings

«Thou has the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and mighty opium!» Determined to counter the lies about opium that had been told by travellers to the Orient and the medical profession, De Quincey describes his addiction, the consciousness altering properties of the drug, its pleasures and its pains.

Título: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings

Autor: Quincey, Thomas de

Fecha de publicación: 2003

Editorial: Penguin Classics

ISBN: 9780140439014