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Tropic of Cancer/Tropic of Capricorn
by
Henry Miller
Forty years have passed since Grove Press first published Henry Miller's landmark masterpiece -- an act that would forever change the face of American literature. Initially banned in America as obscene, Tropic of Cancer was first published in Paris in 1934. Only a historic court ruling that changed American censorship standards permitted its publication. Tropic of Cancer i...more
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Published
November 28th 2001
by Grove/Atlantic
(first published 1939)
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Henry Miller reminds me of Nathan Fake's opinion of Brian Eno, "An ageless, deathless, ice god".
Or in my own words, Henry Miller is an immortal king of cool.
Or in my own words, Henry Miller is an immortal king of cool.
Must. Read.
I read Tropic of Cancer years ago and it blew me away. Just started Tropic of Capricorn (seems I forgot I had it in this set) and it seems to be following suit. There is no way to say what this book is about. It's about everything, and nothing. Just any thought that runs through his head put down on paper. But I'll be damned if every sentence isn't pure poetry....
I can't quite put my love for these book in to words. The problem is I read these when I was quite naive, as well as, recently where I don't quite feel as naive (in other words, I just can't see my naivette yet because I am trapped in it).
I give these books by Henry Miller 5 stars. They actually got me in to reading in general when I was in my teens. Completely liberating, a great story teller and in my eyes, a true genuis.
Raw, driven and passionate. His style takes a little getting used to.
Sure, he is obsessed with sex and crudity, but this was the 1930s! Pretty radical for its time.
Sure, he is obsessed with sex and crudity, but this was the 1930s! Pretty radical for its time.
More reasons to never trust men on every page!
A waste of time, more than not.
Not for the sqeamish
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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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