Black Spring (Paperback)

by Henry Miller (Author) "I am a patriot-of Fourteenth Ward, Brooklyn, where I was raised..." (more)
Key Phrases: early sorrows, relative happiness, iron sink, Tante Melia, Bill Woodruff, Brooklyn Bridge (more...)

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Continuing the subversive self-revelation begun in Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, Henry Miller takes readers along a mad, free-associating journey from the damp grime of his Brooklyn youth to the sun-splashed cafes and squalid flats of Paris. With incomparable glee, Miller shifts effortlessly from Virgil to venereal disease, from Rabelais to Roquefort. In this seductive technicolor swirl of Paris and New York, he captures like no one else the blending of people and the cities they inhabit.

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Product Details Paperback: 243 pages Publisher: Grove Press (February 11, 1994) Language: English ISBN-10: 0802131824 ISBN-13: 978-0802131829 Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #211,549 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in this category: (What's this?) #20 in  Books > Literature & Fiction > Authors, A-Z > ( M ) > Miller, Henry

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early sorrows, relative happiness, iron sink

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Tante Melia, Bill Woodruff, Brooklyn Bridge, Fourteenth Ward, Sister Blanchard, Tom Jordan, New York, Tom Moffatt, Don't Spit On the Floor, George Sandusky, Rob Ramsay, Robinson Crusoe, Eddie Carney, Lester Reardon, Place Clichy, Sister Powell, Crown Prince, Delancey Street, Johnny Paul, Stanley Borowski, The Bum, American Tel, Baron Carola von Eschenbach, Corse Payton, Julian Legree

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This book cites 19 books:

• Quiet Days in Clichy by Henry Miller in Front Matter
• Daniel Boone by Jan Gleiter on page 203
• Billy Sunday: A Novel by Rod Jones on page 203
• Thomas Edison (Inventors) by Paul Joseph on page 204
• Jack London by Jan Gleiter on page 204

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91 books cite this book:

• The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller by Erica Jong on 14 pages
• Conversations with Henry Miller (Literary Conversations Series) by Frank L. Kersnowski on 11 pages
• Sexual Politics by Kate Millett on 8 pages
• Eroticism in Georges Bataille and Henry Miller by Gilles Mayne on 8 pages
• A Collection of Essays by George Orwell on 7 pages

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 13 of 13 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars An extraordinary book without time, July 20, 1998 By A Customer This review is from: Black Spring (Paperback) Excuse me for my bad English: I'm Italian and I don't speak English. I have found Black Spring completely different from Tropics of Cancer: this is blood, sex and hunger, without thinking (so appear, naturally), that is remember and philosophy, a wondereful mix. Miller is a hard man, and like all the hard men, he is also an hopeless romantic. 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Where you find the real writer behind all the sexy fuss..., November 30, 1998 By A Customer These stories have in my view some of the best English language prose that was written in the 20th century. A "voice" runs through them, that takes words and carefully crafts them into meaning, so beautifully written it is almost painful. Of course the quality of the stories is somewhat uneven, two or three really stand out, but I find it a marvellous collection overall. An unexpected must-read! 17 of 22 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars TOPPING Henry Miller's "Must Read" List, February 28, 2004 By A Customer The "Paris books" are by far the best work Henry Miller produced and Black Spring, a collection of shorter pieces that followed Tropic of Cancer should rank at the top. If I had to make a list: Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Quiet Days in Clichy. Black Spring contains some of his best work and displays his dazzling use of language and the exhilarating build-up of detail. This book contains some his most energetic writing. My favorite is the first piece in the book, his depiction of his Brooklyn days, which stands as classic "memoir" writing. Speaking of which, in Henry Miller's day, there were very few people writing fiction disguised as "memoir." Now take a look around and that's all you'll see! Imagine the world without Henry Miller! No Jack Kerouac, no Frederick Exley, no Dave Eggers. Black Spring is a MUST-READ for anyone interested in this kind of writing. Another recommendation for younger readers: The Losers' Club by Richard Perez		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Black Spring -- my first Henry Miller novel I just finished reading BLACK SPRING. It blew me away. Henry Miller's storytelling style is so personal, it's kind of like taking an unexpected medium punch in the gut. Read more Published on August 12, 2006 by Darius Miranda 1.0 out of 5 stars Non est ars quae ad effectum casu venit . . . Snuggled like a tumor in between the two 'Tropics' came Henry Miller's grotesquely dull work of... Read more Published on March 19, 2005 by David Avender 5.0 out of 5 stars I don't need a title.... This, like any of Mr. Millers' other works, is essential to only a handful amongst us. Not that there is not much to be learned from this great artist. But my point is..... Read more Published on January 30, 2004 by steve 5.0 out of 5 stars Masterful Black Spring is the antithesis of the "small talk" which defines commercial literature. And henceforth, if you should choose to be so morbid, if you acknowledge the... Read more Published on November 28, 2002 by fohara3 5.0 out of 5 stars Madness, Streams of Consciousness, and Miller's Cosmos... "I am dazzled by the glorious collapse of the world." ....some vignettes here start out pretty innocent here but once Henry Miller gets a figurative and literal bug... Read more Published on August 28, 2000 by yygsgsdrassil 5.0 out of 5 stars The Horse in The Pissoire Black Spring is one of Miller's earlier efforts belonging to the Paris-written era of The Tropic's of Cancer and Capricorn. Read more Published on February 1, 2000 by A Reader 4.0 out of 5 stars French pissoirs The chapter entitled A Saturday Afternoon can be counted as the most brilliant pieceof writing ever. Read more Published on February 22, 1997 5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating collection by a great American author. One of Miller's earliest books,and considered to be the second in the Tropics trilogy, this is a collection of short sketches (for lack of a better term) by a young Henry... Read more Published on August 7, 1996 Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Paperback: 243 pages
• Publisher: Grove Press (February 11, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802131824
• ISBN-13: 978-0802131829
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #211,549 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An extraordinary book without time, July 20, 1998

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This review is from: Black Spring (Paperback)

Excuse me for my bad English: I'm Italian and I don't speak English. I have found Black Spring completely different from Tropics of Cancer: this is blood, sex and hunger, without thinking (so appear, naturally), that is remember and philosophy, a wondereful mix. Miller is a hard man, and like all the hard men, he is also an hopeless romantic.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where you find the real writer behind all the sexy fuss..., November 30, 1998

By A Customer

These stories have in my view some of the best English language prose that was written in the 20th century. A "voice" runs through them, that takes words and carefully crafts them into meaning, so beautifully written it is almost painful. Of course the quality of the stories is somewhat uneven, two or three really stand out, but I find it a marvellous collection overall. An unexpected must-read!

17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TOPPING Henry Miller's "Must Read" List, February 28, 2004

By A Customer

The "Paris books" are by far the best work Henry Miller produced and Black Spring, a collection of shorter pieces that followed Tropic of Cancer should rank at the top. If I had to make a list: Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, Quiet Days in Clichy. Black Spring contains some of his best work and displays his dazzling use of language and the exhilarating build-up of detail. This book contains some his most energetic writing. My favorite is the first piece in the book, his depiction of his Brooklyn days, which stands as classic "memoir" writing. Speaking of which, in Henry Miller's day, there were very few people writing fiction disguised as "memoir." Now take a look around and that's all you'll see! Imagine the world without Henry Miller! No Jack Kerouac, no Frederick Exley, no Dave Eggers. Black Spring is a MUST-READ for anyone interested in this kind of writing. Another recommendation for younger readers: The Losers' Club by Richard Perez