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Title: The Books in My Life by Henry Miller ISBN: 0-8112-0108-2 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 June, 1969 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Literary nurturing of a genius
Comment: Henry Miller may be the greatest American writer of the Twentieth Century. But there is always the question of who bore influence the genius. How many of us want to learn about the work that shaped the mind of the genius writer. Well, to find out, read this book. It will give you a great feel for where Miller was coming from. It touches on Millers entire reading career. You come away with an idea of how this literary genius came to develop and grow. This book is a phenomenal resource for anyone interested in literature and occult and religious writing. I have used this book as a remarkable resource for my own personal literary education. I have spent many hours in bookstores all over America looking for titles that Mr. Miller recommended in this book. I discovered Jean Giono and Blaise Cendrars and Madame Helena Blavatsky through this book. I also learned to put aside literary snobbism and enjoy the boy books by writers like H. Rider Haggard and G.K. Chesterton. Through Miller, I learned about obscure writers like Marie Corelli and John Cowper Powys. I read adventure books like The Unveiling of Timbuctoo. This book is a primer for anyone interested in literature of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. I would recommend this book for dedicated Millerites and literary-minded persons of all persuasions. Miller gave the world a wonderful gift in this book. If you are interested in literature then buy this book and begin the search for yourself.
Rating: 4
Summary: Miller's favorites
Comment: I have read a number of Miller's books over the years, and they are all sprinkled throughout with his insights on the arts--literature, music, painting, architecture, etc. He is a very opinionated observer and an eloquent sponsor of those artists who inspire him.
I came upon "The Books in My Life" in a little, used bookstore a few years ago and would read at it periodically. I found it useful--sort of like a very-well anotated bibliography--and it led me to read the works of some of those mentioned in his appraisals (eg, Krishnamurti, Hamsun).
If you buy into Miller as I do, this book provides good insight into how much of his philosophy was shaped by writers he respected and enjoyed.
Rating: 5
Summary: Endures
Comment: Tropic of Capricorn soars... when read at the appropriate age (it is deconstructionism served with a deep joy of life). Of Miller's books, The Books in My Life seems to endure longest through my stages of maturation. Miller added Denisen/Blixen (Out of Africa) to his list in Big Sur (also giving honorable mention to AA), and personally, I believe that he would have included Gabriel Garcia Marquez, if he had encountered his work (One Hundred Years of Solitutde, and Love in the Time of Cholera). I also recommend Miller's, The Colossus of Maroussi. But yes, read The Books in My Life (he puts Van Gogh's letters at the top of his list...Dear Theo).
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Title: Henry Miller on Writing (New Directions Paperbook) by Henry Miller ISBN: 0811201120 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 June, 1964 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Air-Conditioned Nightmare by Henry Miller ISBN: 0811201066 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 June, 1970 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Sexus (Rosy Crucifixion, Book One) by Henry Miller ISBN: 0802151809 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1987 List Price(USD): $14.50 |
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Title: Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller ISBN: 0802131786 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Plexus (Rosy Crucifixion, Book 2) by Henry Miller ISBN: 0802151795 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1987 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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