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A Devil in Paradise
by
Henry Miller
Una storia insolita, amara e divertente allo stesso tempo, nella quale lo scrittore dà un'ulteriore prova delle sue capacità di narratore e acuto osservatore delle passioni umane.
Paperback, 124 pages
Published
April 17th 1993
by New Directions
(first published 1956)
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Sometimes I think my obsession with Henry Miller is a passing phase, a youthful indulgence that I will, or have grown out of, only to find out that he is still perhaps my favorite author of the 20th Century.
"A Devil in Paradise", which is a booklet piece excerpted from "Big Sur and The Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch", is a quick little hundred page read about one of Miller's associates from Montparnasse back in the mid-thirties. His style is magnificent, seeming so simple and fluent that my eyes ju...more
"A Devil in Paradise", which is a booklet piece excerpted from "Big Sur and The Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch", is a quick little hundred page read about one of Miller's associates from Montparnasse back in the mid-thirties. His style is magnificent, seeming so simple and fluent that my eyes ju...more
هذه الرواية ذكرتني لمَ أحب هنري ميلر ولما يعجبني اسلوبه الصارخ ، الصادم ، الواضح ، الواقعي ..
قرأت مداراته .. و انقطعت عنه فترة ليست بقصيرة وهذه العودة مع هذه الرواية كانت في وقتها !
كونراد تيريكان هو الشخصية الأساسية لها والتي يستضيفها هنري في منزله وما يترتب على هذه الاستضافة من اسئلة
و استفسارات يقف أمامها هنري حائراً .. كرهت تيريكان .. ولا أملك أي ذرة تعاطف معه .. لكنه يبقى من اولئك المُهمّشين
الذين لا يستطيعون إلا أن يكونوا عالة على شخص ما .. وقد كان لهنري نصيبه ..
استمتعت بها .. رغم كل شيء :...more
قرأت مداراته .. و انقطعت عنه فترة ليست بقصيرة وهذه العودة مع هذه الرواية كانت في وقتها !
كونراد تيريكان هو الشخصية الأساسية لها والتي يستضيفها هنري في منزله وما يترتب على هذه الاستضافة من اسئلة
و استفسارات يقف أمامها هنري حائراً .. كرهت تيريكان .. ولا أملك أي ذرة تعاطف معه .. لكنه يبقى من اولئك المُهمّشين
الذين لا يستطيعون إلا أن يكونوا عالة على شخص ما .. وقد كان لهنري نصيبه ..
استمتعت بها .. رغم كل شيء :...more
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I first read Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch about fifteen years ago. This was way, way before I ever knew I would ever have a daughter. This book is actually included in that work. And while the rest of Big Sur was a very fun read, this story was different. I think this was a counterpoint to the rest -- the darkest shade in the chiaroscuro masterwork Miller created with Big Sur. This darkness was different indeed. It was chilling then, and left Conrad Moricand a ghostprint b...more
I first read Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch about fifteen years ago. This was way, way before I ever knew I would ever have a daughter. This book is actually included in that work. And while the rest of Big Sur was a very fun read, this story was different. I think this was a counterpoint to the rest -- the darkest shade in the chiaroscuro masterwork Miller created with Big Sur. This darkness was different indeed. It was chilling then, and left Conrad Moricand a ghostprint b...more
An older and settled Henry Miller, now living in Big Sur, takes in his old pal from France, Moricand. An astrologer by trade, Moricand turns out to be a real waster, and if your grandma acted like such a hypochondriac, you'd slap her.
The story wouldn't be so tragic were it not for the gleaming Eden that Miller makes Big Sur out to be. Everyone on Miller's mountain seems to be pulling for Moricand, and you love them all for their near endless compassion. As a reader, you end up caring for miserab...more
The story wouldn't be so tragic were it not for the gleaming Eden that Miller makes Big Sur out to be. Everyone on Miller's mountain seems to be pulling for Moricand, and you love them all for their near endless compassion. As a reader, you end up caring for miserab...more
يبدو أن الرواية هي سرد لأحداث حقيقية حصلت مع الكاتب
الرواية تتحدث عن شخص سويسري منجم تعرف عليه ميللر عن طريق الكاتبة أناييس نين
هذا الشخص لديه شخصية فريدة، فهو مثقف ومتحدث لبق لكنه ثقيل ونزق ومزاجي
خلال الحرب العالمية الأولى، صار هذا المنجم عرضة للتشرد، فأخذت ميللر الشفقة عليه، وهو الذي عانى من التشرد حين كان في أوروبا، فاستضافه في بيته، وبذل جهده ليعوض عليه ما عاناه من تشرد، فكان كمن "جلب الدب إلى كرمه"... لتبدأ معاناة ميللر مع هذا العجوز الذي انقلب إلى ولد مدلل أناني قليل الذوق وعديم الأخلاق، لا...more
الرواية تتحدث عن شخص سويسري منجم تعرف عليه ميللر عن طريق الكاتبة أناييس نين
هذا الشخص لديه شخصية فريدة، فهو مثقف ومتحدث لبق لكنه ثقيل ونزق ومزاجي
خلال الحرب العالمية الأولى، صار هذا المنجم عرضة للتشرد، فأخذت ميللر الشفقة عليه، وهو الذي عانى من التشرد حين كان في أوروبا، فاستضافه في بيته، وبذل جهده ليعوض عليه ما عاناه من تشرد، فكان كمن "جلب الدب إلى كرمه"... لتبدأ معاناة ميللر مع هذا العجوز الذي انقلب إلى ولد مدلل أناني قليل الذوق وعديم الأخلاق، لا...more
Apesar do título sugestivo este livro tem pouco que expanda a imaginação. O "diabo" é um conhecido francês que Henry Miller se vê na obrigação de acolher nos Estados Unidos, no "paraíso", um homem desgraçado que abusa e parasita da sua bondade (auto proclamada como que num exercício de auto beatificação).
As leituras de Miller, mesmo que autobiográficas, conseguem oferecer momentos de deleite, modos de ver o mundo e frases que marcam e ficam na memória (aconselha-se vivamente "Pesadelo em Ar Cond...more
As leituras de Miller, mesmo que autobiográficas, conseguem oferecer momentos de deleite, modos de ver o mundo e frases que marcam e ficam na memória (aconselha-se vivamente "Pesadelo em Ar Cond...more
Henry Miller is an odd man and his take on odd main characters is quite pronounced. I did enjoy the main character here in this book. Moricand....Good name right? Another great thing about Henry Miller is his way of describing things that will make one crave the device he describes. Not I don't know what a cheroot is...some type of cigar I gather...I dont really smoke, though I'd like to some a cheroot after reading this book and the way our man Moricand enjoys a relaxing cheroot throughout the...more
I've never been a big Henry Miller fan, but after visiting the Big Sur library in his honor I figured I'd give his writing another shot. This book is a quick read, and pretty funny. Miller meets a Swiss friend of a friend and quickly becomes codependent on this obnoxious hypochondriac, going so far as to pay the man's passage to the US so the guy can live with Miller and his family in Big Sur. I don't know how he put up with this guest for so many months, but it made for a good book at least in...more
This book was fine; it felt a bit like sitting around in Miller's cottage for a few months, watching people and conversations come and go. Notably, it's completely devoid of sex and nearly devoid of swearing, so it is definitively different from his earlier work (which I must say I enjoyed much more).
It was entertaining enough and short enough to make it a good option to thrown in my bag and read in slow moments waiting for the bus... but I did not regret that it ended. If you find it at a used...more
It was entertaining enough and short enough to make it a good option to thrown in my bag and read in slow moments waiting for the bus... but I did not regret that it ended. If you find it at a used...more
لا بد أن هناك علة في وعيي وقدرتي على إطلاق الأحكام أو أن هناك خللا غيبيا لا أدري كنه يجعلني دائما أجتذب من الأصدقاء كل مشروخ عقل أو عصابي أو مرتاب أو مرهق الأعصاب أو موسوس أو مضطرب عقليا
لا بد ايضا أني كنت أضحك كثيرا موزعا أسناني بين المرارة والسخرية والخجل حين كان يمر جموع من أعرفهم بوجوههم على الجسد الروائي لتيريكان
أظن اني لم اكن أقرأ الرواية بقدر ما كنت استعير روايتي فيها.. حد الغيظ والرغبة في الثأر
ممن؟
ممن كان يزدري بوهيميا عن جهل
أو يرعاه عن سذاجة
لا بد ايضا أني كنت أضحك كثيرا موزعا أسناني بين المرارة والسخرية والخجل حين كان يمر جموع من أعرفهم بوجوههم على الجسد الروائي لتيريكان
أظن اني لم اكن أقرأ الرواية بقدر ما كنت استعير روايتي فيها.. حد الغيظ والرغبة في الثأر
ممن؟
ممن كان يزدري بوهيميا عن جهل
أو يرعاه عن سذاجة
I'll never be able to overcome my obsession with Miller.
I just love him too much !
This one is more about Moricand than Miller, however he manages to give us an inner portrait of his magnificent self!
I just love him too much !
This one is more about Moricand than Miller, however he manages to give us an inner portrait of his magnificent self!
Not a great introduction to Henry Miller. Here's hoping his major works are more interesting.
its good, nothing special
The best.
Henry Miller may have forgotten the climax and conclusion of this book in any traditional sense but his small portrait of life with one the worst friend turned house guests in history is exactly what I love about Miller's writing. He creates a story from a small snapshot of life using the writing as a framework for the period without allowing the prose to take over the moment.
This book was written late in Miller's career when he had lost some of the venom that made his early works so magnificent, but it's well worth a read. His penchant for bringing out the ugliest in his characters and surroundings is on full display, as is his usual biting wit.
One of Miller's best jobs of characterization. Conrad Moricand is a great character of literature, and this book is very funny, if you have the right sense of humor. If you don't, go back to reading Dan Brown.
Great book. I've never loathed a novel character quite so much as I loathed Moricand. I would've given 5 stars but there was so much French in the book I often wondered what in the hell was being said.
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One of my favorite Henry Miller stories, short and sharp and real.
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Henry Miller sought to reestablish the freedom to live without the conventional restraints of civilization. His books are potpourris of sexual description, quasi-philosophical speculation, reflection on literature and society, surrealistic imaginings, and autobiographical incident.
After living in Paris in the 1930s, he returned to the United States and settled in Big Sur, Calif. Miller's first tw...more
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“The only difference between the Adamic man and the man of today is that the one was born to Paradise and the other has to create it. ”
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“I was born the 26th of December. . . Arrive by dint of perseverance, but step by step. . . Tenancy to exaggerate the importance of earthly life. Avaricious of self. Constant in their affections and their hatreds. . . Yes, the Capricorn is a beast of solitude. Slow, steady, and persevering. Lives on several levels at once. Thinks in circles. Fascinated by death. Ever climbing, climbing. In search of the edelweiss, presumably. Or could it be immortelle? Knows no mother. Only "the mothers". Laughs little and usually on the wrong side of the face. . . Speaks truthfully instead of kindly. Metaphysics, abstractions, electromagnetic displays. Dives to the depths. Sees stars, comets, and asteroids where others see only moles, warts, and pimples. Feeds on himself when tired of playing the man-eating shark. A paranoiac. An ambulatory paranoiac. But constant in his affections - and his hatreds. Ouais!”
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