Henry Miller: Stories, Essays, Travel Sketches [Hardcover]

Ed Fine (Author), Henry Miller (Author), Antony Fine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1997

Beautiful Hennry Miller book. A "must have" for Henry Miller fans. Unique and intellegent.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 739 pages
• Publisher: Fine Communications (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567310095
• ISBN-13: 978-1567310092
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,883,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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HENRY MILLER (1891-1980) was an American writer and painter infamous for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of "novel" that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is distinctly always about and expressive of the real-life Henry Miller and yet is also fictional. His most characteristic works of this kind are "Tropic of Cancer," "Tropic of Capricorn," and "Black Spring." His books were banned in the United States for their lewd content until 1964 when a court ruling overturned this order, acknowledging Miller's work as literature in what became one of the most celebrated victories of the sexual revolution.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to Henry Miller, June 15, 2011

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This review is from: Henry Miller: Stories, Essays, Travel Sketches (Hardcover)

This is a good way to see if you like Henry Miller's wonderful outlook on life and it's many foibles. He has such a way of writing, as though you were sitting off to the side of room listening to him ramble on about all sorts of interesting ideas and people. He has some really great insights into any place in the world he visits and shares his impressions of such a wide variety of characters. Good reading of many short pieces, so you can read some, set it aside for awhile and return for a few more.