Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, The Colossus of Maroussi

by Henry Miller

published by arrangement with Grove Press

Genres: Fiction

802 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York City and Paris (all of which were banned in the United States until 1961). He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism, and painted watercolors.

Reviews

[Irini Liapikou · Rating 3 out of 5]

Raw launguage, a grotesque novel looking at love from a different angle.