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Quiet Days in Clichy Paperback – January 13, 1994

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This tender and nostalgic work dates from the same period as Tropic of Cancer (1934). It is a celebration of love, art, and the Bohemian life at a time when the world was simpler and slower, and Miller an obscure, penniless young writer in Paris. Whether discussing the early days of his long friendship with Alfred Perles or his escapades at the Club Melody brothel, in Quiet Days in Clichy Miller describes a period that would shape his entire life and oeuvre.

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This tender and nostalgic work dates from the same period as Tropic of Cancer (1934). It is a celebration of love, art, and the Bohemian life at a time when the world was simpler and slower, and Miller an obscure, penniless young writer in Paris. Whether discussing the early days of his long friendship with Alfred Perles or his escapades at the Club Melody brothel, in Quiet Days in Clichy Miller describes a period that would shape his entire life and oeuvre.

"There is nothing like Henry Miller when he gets rolling.... One has to take the English language back to Marlowe and Shakespeare before encountering a wealth of imagery equal in intensity.... Nobody has ever written in just this way before, nobody may ever write in this style so well again. A time and a place have come to focus in a writer's voice.... [Miller is] a wildwater of prose, a cataract, a volcano, a torrent, an earthquake...a writer finally like a great athlete, a phenomenon of an avatar of literary energy."--Norman Mailer

"That Henry Miller is a great artist, a great American artist, and perhaps the last one we can be proud of--that he is one of the last of our literary giants who rose up during that marvelous period from 1890 to the 1940s--there is no doubt in my mind."--Maxwell Geismar

"The only imaginative prose writer of the slightest value who has appeared among the English-speaking races for some years past."--George Orwell

"American literature today begins and ends with the meaning of what Miller has done."--Lawrence Durrell

Henry Miller was born in December 1891 in New York City. He spent most of his life in Brooklyn, Paris, and Big Sur, California, where he died in June 1980. Widely acknowledged as one of the most influential writers in American literature, he gained fame with Tropic of Cancer, which was banned in the United States until 1961. His other works include Tropic of Capricorn, Black Spring, Under the Roofs of Paris, the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy (Sexus, Plexus, and Nexus), and Crazy Cock.

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This tender and nostalgic work dates from the same period as Tropic of Cancer (1934). It is a celebration of love, art, and the Bohemian life at a time when the world was simpler and slower, and Miller an obscure, penniless young writer in Paris.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grove Press; Reissue edition (January 13, 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 154 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 080213016X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802130167
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.35 x 0.44 x 8.26 inches

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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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William Z. Morphis

Great Escape

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2020

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I have enjoyed and related to Miller's writing since I found a copy of Tropic of Cancer decades ago. Since then I have literally read everything he has written, no matter how difficult it was to find a copy. This book is one of my favorites because of the fly on the wall voyeurism Miller incorporates while, for me, I am there like an invisible participant. No other 20th Century writer, except Kerouac, documents the realism and actuality of the American nightmare that eats souls and of the occasional escapee from the asylum.

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John P. Jones III

More on the movable feast...

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2009

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Much has been written about the interwar period in Paris, particularly by expats, who, of course, did not realize it would be a period between two world wars when they wrote. There was Hemingway's book, referenced in the subject title, George Orwell, Gertrude Stein and many others, including Henry Miller. The `20's were a more optimistic time, the `30's far less so, due to the Depression, and the "gathering storm" of another war. Though he does not state it directly, by referencing the Spanish Civil War, this book is set in the late `30's. Miller fled Paris when the war commenced, so this is a "swan song" for that era. The backdrop is the bohemian setting of Montmartre, and the bars around the Place de Clichy. Miller and his companion apparently lived in the small village of Clichy, just outside the old walls of Paris.

This is my first reading of this book; but I first read Miller for the titillation value, shortly after his better known "Tropic of Cancer" was no longer formally banned in the United States, in the early `60's. I was quite young at the time when I placed the book on the cashier's counter. I felt she had given me a knowing look; guiltily I hastily blurted out that it was "for a school assignment," to which she simply chuckled. For me, having grown up in a conservative suburban milieu, "Tropic" was a stunning view of another world, and at the time I wondered how much was sheer fantasy, or did real people actually live this way? With the perspective of life experience, post-suburb, I realize that people very much do live this way, even the women. And they are probably the poorer for it.

The work is largely autobiographic; Miller is played by a character named Joey. At times he is so poor and hungry that he goes through the garbage searching for food. Trying to support oneself by writing is an arduous task, but checks from America arrive from time to time. Naturally there is much philandering, the Miller "trademark," graphically described in words that would be banned in this review. There are affairs with prostitutes (Joey is the one who seems to have the "heart of gold"), underage kids (that would have resulted in jail sentences even in more permissive Paris), ménage a trois (er, ah, if you'll excuse my French), and sad scenes with mothers.

What is missing is the "why"? There really is no insight into the motivations to his actions, or should be assume we are dealing at a basic level of hierarchy of needs, like food and sex, and that is sufficient. And if there are not insights into the central characters, for sure, all the women are simply "props," or, as more commonly described, they are indeed objectified. As Miller says: "Sometimes, out of sheer boredom, I would take one on, even though it left the taste of ashes." Of all the sections, I found their brief trip to Luxembourg the most interesting, and his observation, true then, and probably more so now: "...the faces of the inhabitants were stamped with a sort of cow-like bliss."

Miller broke a particular shell of conventions with his books, and deserves much credit for that. Many others have followed in his steps, so his work now lacks the "shock" value that it did in an era where presidential and political affairs where kept hidden by the media. As another reviewer indicated though, I prefer "Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch."

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Retsel Reltub

Like a new book at a used book price.

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2022

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The condition and readability of this book is awesome. Goodwill Industries outdid itself.

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W W John

Good for first time writer.

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2017

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The writing style is excellent. The author wrote his sex experience with implicit descriptions, unlike those in hardcore books. This is a good buy for those who want to start writing as a hobby.

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2024

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Don't believe the descriptions out there, there is no plot. It's a guy recalling himself and his friend whoring their way through Paris years ago. Like, literally just hiring all of them despite being penniless writers for the most part. Oh, and they're awful to all of them, too.

All that being said, Henry Miller's descriptions of place and people is amazing. He's less interesting in the erotic descriptions, those having moved quickly. What made me keep reading about these terrible two guys was Miller's display of the Paris they were living in. It was the first and likely last time I will ever genuinely find anything about Paris sufficiently interesting enough to wonder about it. I plan to read his more popular works and see where they take me. If it's anything like the scenery in this piece I will put up with characters who are irredeemably garbage as people. Although it should be remembered I only know how thoroughly detestable they are in person and behavior thanks to the descriptive writing.

Read it because it is easy, quick, and you will have zero concern about what happens to the characters. Three for the prose, none for the rest.

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2017

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I'm more than a bit biased on the subject of Henry Miller but typical of any of his books, I couldn't put it down until the very end.

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2016

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Great read, albeit a little short!

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Jeremy Proud

Miller is always worth buying

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2014

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Miller is always a great read. Some aspects overlap his other writing, but still enjoyable. If you like honesty, humor, some deep thinking and scandalous behavior, buy all of his books.

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J. Dov.

Miller's early days in Clichy.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2015

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The 'inside story' on Miller's early days in Clichy, when he began work on the various Tropics et al.

Zyx

Das Original

Reviewed in Germany on August 7, 2012

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Die Originalfassung geht mit ihrer Stimmung deutlich über die deutsche Übersetzung hinaus, von Anfang an. Es lohnt sich, beide Fassungen zu lesen

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Une expérience de lecture à tenter

Reviewed in France on January 2, 2016

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Henry Miller est un écrivain bien particulier, dont les livres sont à la fois provocants et très bien menés. Une vraie expérience !

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WordiG

it's amazing how Miller manages to make such a sympathetic impression ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2014

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The archetypal spoiled 20th century American male in Paris,
it's amazing how Miller manages to make such a sympathetic
impression on the (even me, a female) reader in spite of his
clearly rapacious libido. An atmospheric book, it won me over
despite the sexist attitude, clearly of its time. I would have liked
to know more about the characters that appear in these pages.
Did he ever bother to get to know them properly, I wonder. -
or are his conquests just fantasies?

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A ne pas mettre entre toutes les mains

Reviewed in France on January 7, 2019

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la définition de 'jours tranquilles' chez cet auteur n'est pas nécessairement celle de tout un chacun... Quand on connait bien Miller on n'est pas surpris... Par ailleurs témoignage très intéressant sur le mode de vie de l'époque.

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