Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller : anyone read it or reading?
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I agree, Apeman, he was a very down-to-earth writer.apeman wrote:.....I like his honesty, but whether he's a 'classic' I don't know and he would probably spurn that term anyway.
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I'm not offended by coarse language, but I generally don't like books where those words are over-used. In this case, I think the f--- and c--- words were used to shock the audience of the day - Miller was successful in that, given the book was banned for so long in English speaking countries.
Overall, it's not a great book by modern standards, but it certainly has its place in history, as it was ahead of it's time in many respects.
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From those first words, the reader starts on a roller coaster. Miller has an outstanding command of English. I can only dream of writing as well.I am living at the Villa Gorghese. There is not a crumb of dirt anywhere, nor a chair misplaced. We are all alone here and we are dead.
I read a passage from Tropic of Cancer during the 2016 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, SAGE Publishing and the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom co-sponsored a Virtual Read-Out booth.
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