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  <title><![CDATA[Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1957</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Henry Miller]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Mike]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people who like to &quot;beat&quot; off with their reading/writing]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 16 20:20:03 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 16 20:20:03 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Doesn't everyone go through a Beats phrase?  Not knocking it, but it really does grab hold a with a few people and the other 99.9% of us get on with our lives.  But you can say that about almost anything right?  I'm sure there are exceptions to this generalization, but for me, Beats are worthwhile r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12721899">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="56176457">
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    <name><![CDATA[Joseph]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ashland, VA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 15 09:24:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 24 10:23:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Henry Miller is not easy to read.  If you intend to grok the jumbled thoughts and messages in <em>Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch</em>, you need to find some sun, quiet, and solitude - and prepare to re-read whole pages if your attention lapses.<br/><br/>This book is fundamentally similar to H...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56176457">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43375192">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Marshfield, WI]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 17 12:41:52 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 17 12:47:04 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fascinating look at Henry Miller in his later stage of life, while living in Big Sur California.  It was a humane view into the being of a man who was known for his life long pursuits of societal ills, and his acceptance and willingness to finally have a place to call home and feel peace.]]></body>
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    <review id="37915854">
    <user id="1710322">
    <name><![CDATA[Kay]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[it made itself available to me]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 16 20:19:29 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 16 20:25:03 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>3</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A favorite. I think it may have been the time of year- being trapped in a coffee shop, being called a barista- one who spent all of her tips on the used books- shelved three feet from the tip jar itself- but once again, a favorite. <br/>There is this part- Miller's wife leaves him and takes the chil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37915854">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37915854]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="23509017">
    <user id="387187">
    <name><![CDATA[Nathan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Richmond, VA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 02 07:52:15 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 10 10:09:14 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found out when I finished this that it was basically Henry Miller writing a book to definitively and finally answer all of the people from all over the world that were constantly writing him letters. He is quite funny and seems like a very generous person, even though he has been highly demonized ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23509017">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23509017]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="60177513">
    <user id="2429337">
    <name><![CDATA[Karin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[La Canada Flintridge, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 18 09:51:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 18 09:53:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>Loved this book without the usual sexualized Miller armour on.  Is truly a love song to Big Sur.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60177513]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="56033119">
    <user id="710326">
    <name><![CDATA[Shawn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Milwaukee, WI]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 14 04:06:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 14 04:08:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A little wit and wisdom amid much silliness, and certainly not up to his essays.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56033119]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="5786698">
    <user id="119502">
    <name><![CDATA[Ed]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who loves  passion over form.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 06 12:32:21 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 06 12:35:54 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Henry Miller.  Not a disciplined writer, but the gusto with which he approached life is transfered onto the page and is always invigorating.  This is possibly the most spiritual of his books.  It his him reflecting and being as still as he could be, rather than throwing himself at situations ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5786698">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5786698]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="3682105">
    <user id="154284">
    <name><![CDATA[c lynn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 27 19:29:46 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 27 19:33:46 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i have no idea if I would love this book again as much as i did once- it was a book that i tried to read probably 7 times and could never get past the first 30 pages and then ond day- one mood- i read the whole thing and fell in love.  it started me on a henry- thon- but this autobiography is still ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3682105">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3682105]]></url>
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    <review id="19736050">
    <user id="14365">
    <name><![CDATA[Liz]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Akron, OH]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 08 13:00:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 24 06:58:00 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Though it was quickly approaching a year of reading this book. I finally finished it. Having never read Henry Miller, I often found myself forced to put the book down for long periods of time. Not because it was bad, it just had a strange way of relating to my life at various moments. His ending pro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19736050">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19736050]]></url>
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    <review id="3089879">
    <user id="186365">
    <name><![CDATA[wickedfarmgirl]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 15 01:50:17 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 15 01:50:48 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[After Colossus of Maroussi this was my second favorite book Miller.  If you are looking for a story that begins at point A and ends somewhere around Z (in other words that has a plot), this isn't the book for you.  If you love Big Sur, can enjoy the ranting of a man who i believe can weave any exper...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3089879">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3089879]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="2439308">
    <user id="155996">
    <name><![CDATA[Nick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people going to Big Sur, Henry Miller fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 27 07:28:55 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 27 07:29:02 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[So-so, though I'm not much of a Henry Miller fan. There's some generous and pleasant accounts of the land and people of Big Sur (some great pull quotes for tourist brochures). But the better part of this book is given over to Miller's philosophical musings, which are here meandering, muddled and sil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2439308">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2439308]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="32634896">
    <user id="1494588">
    <name><![CDATA[blanca estela]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Eagle Pass, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 11 15:17:24 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 23 21:36:33 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i know, i know. henry miller is a lot a bit messed up, and i shouldn't enjoy his writing so much. but there is no sex in this book at all! for reals! it's just about living and writing and painting in big sur. it's miller's same crazy style without having to read through half a book about his cock.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32634896]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="9479282">
    <user id="628114">
    <name><![CDATA[Fred]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 24 06:46:41 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 24 06:49:41 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Henry Miller is the reason I read as much as I do and this is the book that started it all for me, I have read everything the man has written and there is profundity even in the most profane of his works, there is not one piece of his writing that I would rate below five stars.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9479282]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="37912701">
    <user id="1709974">
    <name><![CDATA[Lee Hunter]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Nov 16 19:42:15 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 16 19:42:15 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i have always hated henry miller and not because he's a misogynist, but because of his style of writing. this book is about his time in big sur and it's pretty well written and even inspiring at times. it makes me want to visit big sur?!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37912701]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="5597048">
    <user id="340255">
    <name><![CDATA[Gina]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 03 15:00:02 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 07 13:12:53 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you have never been before, go to the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur. It's like a weird little cabin in the woods. <br/>Make sure you bring a friend that you really, really like, then read this book.<br/>You will never forget it.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5597048]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="9565449">
    <user id="350499">
    <name><![CDATA[Alex]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 26 12:57:29 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 26 12:59:15 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my very favorite books from my college days.  Loved it as a rambling treatise on the creative process, and thought of it like a bible for a few months.  Been meaning to go back and re-read for some time now.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9565449]]></url>
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    <review id="14424720">
    <user id="858468">
    <name><![CDATA[debudebu]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Feb 02 23:08:57 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 02 23:14:48 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Made me hop on my bike and visit near the location of this. I'm sure when I read his travel writing on Greece I'll be plane hopping. Friends of mine have found this dry, I absolutely enjoyed it. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14424720]]></url>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this because my friend Josh and I are planning to go hiking in Big Sur soon. Very comfortable prose.  A collection of essays on his thoughts/experiences living in a small community in Big Sur.<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was fun to read, It opens the reader up to the process of Henry Miller, as well as the more conscious thoughts of his life rather than the artistic statements and cosmic wisdom. ]]></body>
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