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丕賱囟賮賷乇丞
The "uproariously funny" second book in the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, "may be Miller's masterpiece" (Choice).
"Plexus is the core volume in The Rosy Crucifixion: the volume which has the most complete description of Henry Miller's basic values, beliefs, opinions, judgments, both at the time of his 'Crucifixion' and at the later time when the trilogy was written. Plexus is simply the most marvelous volume of emotion and ideas and visions and nightmares about man and society in the twentieth century--with art as the link perhaps, or as the soul's refuge--that I have read in many a long year. There is absolutely no subject in the world that Henry Miller does not seem to know about, want to talk about, and to evaluate with the deep authority of wisdom. He is probably the most learned of all our American writers, the most open to ideas and feelings, and yes, the most worshipful of all the aspects of life, as well as the most critical literary spokesman of our time." --Maxwell Geismar
"Plexus is the core volume in The Rosy Crucifixion: the volume which has the most complete description of Henry Miller's basic values, beliefs, opinions, judgments, both at the time of his 'Crucifixion' and at the later time when the trilogy was written. Plexus is simply the most marvelous volume of emotion and ideas and visions and nightmares about man and society in the twentieth century--with art as the link perhaps, or as the soul's refuge--that I have read in many a long year. There is absolutely no subject in the world that Henry Miller does not seem to know about, want to talk about, and to evaluate with the deep authority of wisdom. He is probably the most learned of all our American writers, the most open to ideas and feelings, and yes, the most worshipful of all the aspects of life, as well as the most critical literary spokesman of our time." --Maxwell Geismar
592 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1952
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Henry Miller
922听books5,043听followersHenry 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.
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March 23, 2022
Metaphorically speaking the world is a real network of nerves, blood vessels and lymphatics: a plexus.
And Henry Miller is a human ganglion placed inside this huge Plexus鈥�
So many have a potential and so few live up to it, 鈥淔or many are called, but few are chosen.鈥�
And Henry Miller is a human ganglion placed inside this huge Plexus鈥�
Often I have wondered, after reading about evenings with Mallarme, or with Joyce, or with Max Jacob, let us say, how these sessions of ours compared. To be sure, none of my companions of those days ever dreamed of becoming a figure in the world of art. They loved to discuss art, all the arts, but they themselves had no thought of becoming artists. Most of them were engineers, architects, physicians, chemists, teachers, lawyers. But they had intellect and they had enthusiasm, and they were all so sincere, so avid, that sometimes I wonder if the music we made might not have rivalled the chamber music which issued from the sacred quarters of the masters.
So many have a potential and so few live up to it, 鈥淔or many are called, but few are chosen.鈥�
February 4, 2023
"匕丕鬲 賲乇丞 馗賳賳鬲 丕賳賳賶 噩乇丨鬲 賰賲丕 賱賲 賷噩乇丨 廿賳爻丕賳 賯胤 賵賱兀賳 賴匕丕 丕賱卮毓賵乇 丕賳鬲丕亘賳賶 貙賮賯丿 賳匕乇鬲 賳賮爻賶 賱鬲丕賱賷賮 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 . 賱賰賳 賯亘賱 兀賳 兀亘丿兀 賮賶 鬲兀賱賷賮 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘賮鬲乇丞 胤賵賷賱丞 亘乇兀 丕賱噩乇丨 賵亘賲丕 丕賳賳賶 丕賯爻賲鬲 毓賱賶 丕賳噩丕夭 賲賴賲鬲賶 賱匕丕 賮賯丿 賳賰兀鬲 丕賱噩乇丨 丕賱賲乇賵毓 .
亘毓亘丕乇丞 丕禺乇賶 ..賮賱毓賱賶 毓賳丿賲丕 賳賰兀鬲 丕賱噩乇丨貙 噩乇丨賶 貙亘乇兀鬲 噩乇賵丨 兀禺乇賶貙 噩乇賵丨 兀賳丕爻 丌禺乇賷賳. 卮卅 賷賲賵鬲 賵卮卅 賷賵賱丿"
賵賱丕夭賱賳丕 賲毓 賴賳乇賶 賲毓 毓賯賱賴 賵噩賳賵賳賴 賵賮賱爻賮鬲賴 賵兀賮賰丕乇賴 賵賯乇丕亍丕鬲賴 賷夭賷丿 毓賱賷賴丕 賰賵丕亘賷爻賴 賵丕丨賱丕賲賴 賵匕賰乇賷丕鬲 胤賮賵賱鬲賴 賵賲乇丕賴賯鬲賴 賵卮亘丕亘賴 賵賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴 .
鬲乇賰賴 賱毓賲賱賴 丨鬲賶 賷鬲賮乇睾 賱賱賰鬲丕亘賴 亘鬲卮噩賷毓 賲賳 夭賵噩鬲賴 賲賵賳丕 丕賱鬲賶 賰丕賳鬲 毓賱賶 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 丕賳 鬲賮毓賱 丕賶 卮卅 賱賷鬲賮乇睾 賴賵 賱賰鬲丕亘丕鬲賴 賱賷氐亘丨 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱匕賶 賷乇賷丿 貙 賰丕賳 胤賵丕賱 丨賷丕鬲賴 賷禺亘乇賴 兀氐丿賯丕卅賴 丕賳賴 賰丕鬲亘 賵賰丕賳 賷乇睾亘 丿賵賲丕 賮賶 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵賰丕賳鬲 丿丕卅賲丕 乇丕爻賴 賲賱賷卅賴 亘丕賱丕賮賰丕乇 丕賱鬲賶 丕丨賷丕賳丕 賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賳 賷鬲乇噩賲賴丕 丕賱賶 賰賱賲丕鬲 毓賱賶 丕賱賵乇賯 .
賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴 丕賱賲丕丿賷丞 賵賮賯乇賴 賵丕丨鬲賷丕噩賴 丕賱丿丕卅賲 賱賰賳賴 賰丕賳 丿賵賲丕 賷噩丿 賲賳 賷爻丕毓丿賴 丨鬲賶 賱賵 賰丕賳 卮禺氐丕 睾乇賷亘丕 鬲賲丕賲丕 賰丕賳 賷爻鬲賲毓 丕賱賷賴 賵賷毓胤賷賴 賳賯賵丿丕 丕賵 賷賯丿賲 賱賴 胤毓丕賲 . 毓丕丿 賮鬲乇丞 賱賷毓賷卮 賲毓 賵丕賱丿賴 賵賵丕賱丿鬲賴 賵丕禺亘乇賴賲 丕賳賴 賷賰鬲亘 賯氐氐 賵賲賯丕賱丕鬲 賵爻賷亘賷毓賴丕 賱賱賲噩賱丕鬲 賵爻賷賰爻亘 賲丕賱丕 貙
賲鬲賶 賷丕賴賳乇賶 責
賯乇賷亘丕 賴匕賴 丕賱丕賲賵乇 鬲兀禺匕 賮鬲乇丞 亘毓丿 卮賴賵乇 爻賷賳卮乇賵賳 丕毓賲丕賱賶
賵鬲賲乇 丕賱卮賴賵乇
丕賷賳 賷丕賴賳乇賶 丕毓賲丕賱賰責
爻鬲賳卮乇.
賵爻賮乇賴 賲毓 丕氐丿賯丕卅賴 賵毓丿賲 丕賲鬲賱丕賰賴 丕賶 賲丕賱 丨鬲賶 丕賳賴 賰丕賳 賷丕賰賱 丕賶 卮卅 丨鬲賶 賱賵 賰丕賳 毓賮賳丕 賮賱賷爻 賲毓賴 丕賶 卮卅 .
賰丕賳鬲 丨賷丕賴 氐毓亘賴 賵賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴 卮丿賷丿丞
毓賲賱 賰亘丕卅毓 賵賮賶 丨丕賳賴 賵亘丕卅毓 丕賱噩乇丕卅丿 賵亘丕卅毓 賲賵爻賵毓丕鬲 賲毓 賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲賴 丕賱賲爻鬲賲乇丞 賱賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵丕乇爻丕賱賴 賱賰鬲丕亘丕鬲賴 丕賱鬲賶 鬲賯丕亘賱 亘丕賱乇賮囟
賵丕賱丕毓噩丕亘 丕賱丿丕卅賲 丕賱匕賶 賷賱丕賯賷賴 賲賳 丕賱丕禺乇賷賳
乇丕爻賶 鬲丐賱賲賳賶 ..賴賳乇賶 賷鬲丨丿孬 賮賶 賰賱 卮卅 貙賱爻鬲 爻賴賱丕 丕亘丿丕 賷丕賴賳乇賶 .
賲賱丕丨馗丞 丕禺賷乇丞 賵賴丕賲丞 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱丕賵賱 賰丕賳 賲賱卅 亘丕賱丕噩夭丕亍 丕賱噩賳爻賷丞 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 亘丕賱鬲兀賰賷丿 丕賯賱 亘賰孬賷乇 貙 賰丕賳賴 賱賷爻 賰丕鬲亘 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱丕賵賱 氐亘賵丕鬲.
賮丕氐賱 賯氐賷乇 賵爻兀毓賵丿 賱賱噩夭亍 丕賱孬丕賱孬 貙 亘毓囟 丕賱乇丕丨丞 賷丕賴賳乇賶 賵爻兀毓賵丿 賲乇丞 丕禺乇賶 馃榾 賱賱噩夭亍 丕賱丕禺賷乇
侉 / 伽 / 佗贍佟侃
November 22, 2021
I'm waiting until I finish the entire trilogy to write my full review. However I do have a few notes to make. There was little to no sex in this book! I know it's all saved for Sexus, but those sex scenes were so well written and so spectacularly erotic that I thought for sure some of that might seep into Plexus but no such luck. What impressed me the most was Miller's vocabulary. So much so that I kept a list of all the words he used that I had never seen before. I planned to look them all up later on in my huge old crumbling dictionary. And here is that list, it's fantastic:
jeremiad, sisyphean, lied, horripilation, somnolence, efflorescence, plangent, ken, asperity, sorties, peregrinations, dithyrambs, colloquies, veridical, prestidigitator, lugubrious, semaphore, prate, cymbalon, bagatelle, mufti, pederasts, anent, sally, purlieus, fettle, jackanapes, palaver, celerity, sagacity, jocosely, cordon, viands, quorum, euchre, velleity, brogans, runneled, cortege, bantam, metempsychosis, limitrophe, steppes, verdure, lilliputian, eclosion, amanuensis, geodetic, quaternary, decan, thaumaturgists, fecund, circumlocutiousness (led me to prolix which I had to look up as well), acephalic, cantharides, crinology*, cacchination*, coterminous, cicerone, cimex (bedbug yuck!), lectularis*, cognomen, pasha, caparisoned, panoplies, verdigris, taboret, ructions, halvah, kirschwasser, strega, russe*, inveigle, arnica, cosmocrator, quoits, prepollent, parlous, anacoluthon, sesquipedalian (actually means one who uses long words LOL), gimcrack, socdolager*, gazabo, couvert, bonhomie, numismatics, celesta, telesme*, alderman, wend, thoracic, ablatives, gerundives, postprandial, palliation, dint, spifflicated, quondam, rambla, souks, encysted, funicular, bobolink, shandygaff, hodcarrier (hod was in the dictionary but not hodcarrier), tyro, chiffonier, auk, foraminifera, plaidoyer*, abstruse, samovar, porphyry, ebullition and percipience.
The starred words are the ones I could not define. I actually looked up each and every one. Miller is a lingustic provocateur. His style continues to spellbind me.
Update: All the starred words I just googled and found all the definitions!!! Oddly satisfying 鉂�
jeremiad, sisyphean, lied, horripilation, somnolence, efflorescence, plangent, ken, asperity, sorties, peregrinations, dithyrambs, colloquies, veridical, prestidigitator, lugubrious, semaphore, prate, cymbalon, bagatelle, mufti, pederasts, anent, sally, purlieus, fettle, jackanapes, palaver, celerity, sagacity, jocosely, cordon, viands, quorum, euchre, velleity, brogans, runneled, cortege, bantam, metempsychosis, limitrophe, steppes, verdure, lilliputian, eclosion, amanuensis, geodetic, quaternary, decan, thaumaturgists, fecund, circumlocutiousness (led me to prolix which I had to look up as well), acephalic, cantharides, crinology*, cacchination*, coterminous, cicerone, cimex (bedbug yuck!), lectularis*, cognomen, pasha, caparisoned, panoplies, verdigris, taboret, ructions, halvah, kirschwasser, strega, russe*, inveigle, arnica, cosmocrator, quoits, prepollent, parlous, anacoluthon, sesquipedalian (actually means one who uses long words LOL), gimcrack, socdolager*, gazabo, couvert, bonhomie, numismatics, celesta, telesme*, alderman, wend, thoracic, ablatives, gerundives, postprandial, palliation, dint, spifflicated, quondam, rambla, souks, encysted, funicular, bobolink, shandygaff, hodcarrier (hod was in the dictionary but not hodcarrier), tyro, chiffonier, auk, foraminifera, plaidoyer*, abstruse, samovar, porphyry, ebullition and percipience.
The starred words are the ones I could not define. I actually looked up each and every one. Miller is a lingustic provocateur. His style continues to spellbind me.
Update: All the starred words I just googled and found all the definitions!!! Oddly satisfying 鉂�
September 7, 2015
I feel like any laudatory words on my part would simply do an unforgivable injustice to this man's writing. I keep having to stand back and re-read passages and whole chapters just because of their layering, so subtle on the surface and so complex in their structure, writing that seems to have just been carelessly thrown on the page but is in fact of a destructive force for those who understand it. Or, as is my case, for those who humbly try to...
October 22, 2015
Henry Miller is the only artist i am really regret that I'd never meet him. He would be - without a doubt - my favorite friend, and I'd cling to him everywhere just to hear him talk.
On the contrary of Sexus, plexus doesn't contain porn scenes, only a brief undetailed group sex scene. The time the novel covers is the first years after Miller married Mona, he was then a faithful lover and husband.
I'm wondering since i start reading Miller how a character completely imaginable by him will look like, then Claude appear, and thanks god that Miller keep wrote only about himself and real people he known once.
The most remarkable parts in Plexus are
- Dave Olinski the 8 languages man from Tel Aviv trying to sell Miller an insurance policies.
- The first attempts to be a full-time writer after quitting his job.
- Writing Mezzotint and how he tried to start his book.
- Osiecki and his fiancee Louella.
- Playing Dr. Marx with Cromwell.
- The three bears story which he keep inventing its events while telling it to Trix's children.
- Macgregor monologue and dialogue with Hen.
- The two Irish and the blind.
I'll read Nexus then write a review about The Rosy Crucifixion as a complete work.
On the contrary of Sexus, plexus doesn't contain porn scenes, only a brief undetailed group sex scene. The time the novel covers is the first years after Miller married Mona, he was then a faithful lover and husband.
I'm wondering since i start reading Miller how a character completely imaginable by him will look like, then Claude appear, and thanks god that Miller keep wrote only about himself and real people he known once.
The most remarkable parts in Plexus are
- Dave Olinski the 8 languages man from Tel Aviv trying to sell Miller an insurance policies.
- The first attempts to be a full-time writer after quitting his job.
- Writing Mezzotint and how he tried to start his book.
- Osiecki and his fiancee Louella.
- Playing Dr. Marx with Cromwell.
- The three bears story which he keep inventing its events while telling it to Trix's children.
- Macgregor monologue and dialogue with Hen.
- The two Irish and the blind.
I'll read Nexus then write a review about The Rosy Crucifixion as a complete work.
April 19, 2012
A rambling, sometimes dense book that has rare moments of insight about the artistic life. Was 600 pages and could have been 300. Not Miller's best, but still an enjoyable read for Miller fans.
December 30, 2014
丌禺乇 賰鬲丕亘 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱爻賳丞 ( 2014 )貙 賰鬲丕亘 丕賱氐賱亘賽 丕賱賵乇丿賷賽賾 丕賱胤賵賷賱 賱賱賲賷賱賱乇 丕賱賲噩賳賵賳貙 丕賱毓丕亘孬貙 丕賱夭丕賴丿貙 丕賱丨乇賷賯貙 丕賱賴丕丿卅貙 丕賱氐賵賮賷貙 丕賱兀亘賱賴貙 丕賱賲孬丕賱賷貙 丕賱賱氐貙 丕賱毓丕卮賯貙 丕賱毓乇亘賷丿 ... 丕賱匕賷 鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲賹 賰孬賷乇丞 - 賳毓賲 ! 賵丕賱孬乇孬丕乇 .. 丕賱孬乇孬丕乇 噩丿丕賸 . 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞購 賱賱賲賷賱賱乇 兀賲鬲毓鬲賳賷 亘丨賯貙 賵賴賵 賷爻鬲賲鬲毓 兀賷囟丕賸 毓賳丿賲丕 賷賯乇兀購貙 賱賰賳 賲鬲毓鬲賴 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賵毓賲賷賯丞 - 賷賯賵賱 : " 廿匕丕 賰賳鬲 兀賯乇兀 賰鬲丕亘丕賸 賵鬲氐丕丿賮賻 兀賳賷 賵賯毓鬲 毓賱賶 賮賯乇丞 乇丕卅毓丞 兀睾賱賽賯 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 毓賱賶 丕賱賮賵乇 賵兀禺乇噩 賱兀鬲賲卮賾賶 . 賰賳鬲 兀賰乇賴 賮賰乇丞賻 丕賱廿賳鬲賴丕亍 賲賳 賯乇丕亍丞賽 賰鬲丕亘 噩賷丿 . 賰賳鬲購 兀夭毓噩賴 毓賱賶 胤賵賱 丕賱禺胤貙 兀丐禺賽賾乇購 丕賱賲丨鬲賵賲 賯丿乇 丕賱廿賲賰丕賳 . 賱賰賳賷 賮賷 丕賱睾丕賱亘 賰賳鬲貙 丨賷賳 兀賯毓 毓賱賶 賮賯乇丞賺 毓馗賷賲丞貙 兀賰賮購賾 毓賳 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賮賷 丕賱丨丕賱貙 賵兀賳胤賱賯 廿賱賶 丕賱禺丕乇噩賽 爻賵丕亍 兀賰丕賳鬲 鬲賲胤乇貙 兀賵 鬲購賳夭賽賱購 亘賻乇賻丿丕賸貙 兀賵 孬賱噩丕賸 兀賵 噩賱賷丿丕賸貙 賵兀爻鬲睾乇賯 賮賷 丕賱鬲兀賲購賾賱賽 . 賷賲賰賳 賱賱廿賳爻丕賳 兀賳 賷賲鬲賱卅賻 丨鬲賶 丕賱夭亘賶 亘乇賵丨 賲禺賱賵賯賺 丌禺乇 丨鬲賶 賱賷禺卮賶 賵丿賵賳 賲亘丕賱睾丞 兀賳 賷賳賮噩乇 . 廿賳賷 兀丿賻賾毓賷 兀賳 賰賱 廿賳爻丕賳 賯丿 賲乇賻賾 亘賴匕賴 丕賱鬲噩乇亘丞 . 賵丿毓賳賷 兀卮乇丨 兀賳 賴匕丕 "丕賱賲禺賱賵賯 丕賱丌禺乇" 賴賵 丿丕卅賲丕賸 賳賵毓賹 賲賳 丕賱賭 alter ego (丕賱兀賳丕 丕賱丌禺乇) . 賵丕賱賲爻兀賱丞 賱賷爻鬲 賲爻兀賱丞賻 丕賱鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 乇賵丨賺 卮賯賷賯丞貙 亘賱 賴賷 賲爻兀賱丞 鬲毓乇賮賺 毓賱賶 匕丕鬲賰貨 兀賳 鬲賯賮賻 賵噩賴丕賸 賱賵噩賴賺 賲毓 匕丕鬲賰! 賷丕賱賴丕 賲賳 賱丨馗丞! 廿賳賰 亘廿睾賱丕賯賰賻 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 鬲賵丕氐賽賱購 毓賲賱賷丞賻 丕賱禺賱賯 . 賵賴匕丕 丕賱廿噩乇丕亍貙 賴匕丕 丕賱胤賯爻貙 廿賳 氐丨賻賾 丕賱鬲毓亘賷乇貙 丿丕卅賲丕賸 賵丕丨丿: 丕鬲氐丕賱賹 賮賵乇賷賹賾 賷噩乇賷 毓賱賶 丕賱噩亘賴丕鬲賽 賰賱賴丕 . 夭賵丕賱賹 鬲丕賲賹賾 賱賱丨賵丕噩夭 . 賵毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 兀賳賰 鬲賰賵賳 兀卮丿賻賾 毓夭賱丞 賲賳 兀賷 賵賯鬲 賲囟賶 - 廿賱丕 兀賳賰 賲毓 匕賱賰 鬲賰賵賳 兀賰孬乇賻 丕賱鬲氐丕賯丕賸 亘丕賱毓丕賱賲 賲賳 兀賷 賵賯鬲 丌禺乇 . 鬲賰賵賳 賲賳丿賲噩丕賸 賮賷賴 . 賵賮噩兀丞賸 賷鬲賰卮賻賾賮購 賱賰 兀賳賴 丨賷賳 禺賱賯 丕賱賱賴購 丕賱毓丕賱賲賻 賱賲 賷鬲乇賰賴 賱賷噩賱爻 賵賷鬲兀賲賱 - 賮賷 賲賰丕賳賺 賲丕 賲賳 丕賱兀毓乇丕賮[ 睾賷丕賴亘 丕賱賳爻賷丕賳 ]. 廿賳 丕賱賱賴 禺賱賯賻 丕賱毓丕賱賲賻 賵賲賳 孬賲 賵賱噩賻賴購: 賴匕丕 賴賵 賲毓賳賶 丕賱禺賱賷賯丞 ".
April 3, 2021
Am ezitat foarte mult timp p芒n膬 am reluat citirea trilogiei "R膬stignirea trandafirie", mai precis, p芒n膬 a citi ce-a de-a doua carte - Plexus.
De葯i l-am 卯ndr膬git din prima carte citit膬 pe Miller, ju 葯tiu ce dracu am ezitat at芒t. Dar cam vreo doi ani nu am citit de el nici o carte. Abia anul acesta, o dat膬 卯nceput膬 葯i ,,Plexus", am citit 葯i ,,Lume sexului" 葯i ,,Zile lini葯tite la Clichy".
Plexus 卯mi pare cea mai dens膬 (zic asta cu foarte mare curaj, a葯a cum n-am citit 卯nc膬 ce-a de-a treia carte din trilogie - Nexus) din cele trei c膬r葲i care alc膬tuiesc trilogia. Sexus mi-a pl膬cut enorm, dar Plexus e mai aproape de mine datorit膬 temei pe care o abordeaz膬 aici 葯i anume: perioada 卯n care Miller 卯ncepe s膬 scrie, unde 卯ncearc膬 s膬 o fac膬, s膬 pun膬 卯n sf芒r葯it 卯n lucru materialul pe care 卯l tr膬ie葯te 葯i, totu葯i, o face 卯nc膬 deplasat 葯i st芒ngaci. Abia peste dou膬zeci de ani are s膬 scrie 葯i trilogia 葯i alte c膬r葲i de mare valoare, dar unele texte i se trag 卯nc膬 din aceast膬 perioad膬.
Un lucru important pe care am avut s膬-l con葯tientizez odat膬 citit acest volum e c膬 Henry Valentin Miller e un autor prost de fic葲iune, acolo unde 卯ncearc膬 s膬 bage ni葯te visuri, fantezii, situa葲ii pur fic葲ionale - rateaz膬; 卯ns膬 de-a lungul c膬r葲ii un 卯葯i poveste葯te propriile tr膬iri 葯i peripe葲ii e absolut genial (葯i o spun cu toat膬 sinceritatea).
A葯 卯ncerca s膬 citez aici, dar mi-ar lua o groaz膬 de timp 葯i spa葲iu, 卯ns膬 sunt sigur c膬 nu vor citi nici m膬car 10% din cei care vor vedea postarea.
A葯 卯ncerca s膬 descriu idei, filosofii, situa葲ii din carte dar nu sunt rumegate destul 葯i, sunt sigur, o s膬 revin s膬 recitesc tot ce am 卯nsemnat cu creionul de mai multe ori (dar am 卯nsemnat mult).
Acum, cred, e timpul s膬-mi limpezesc balamucul din creier cu o pauz膬 din lecturi 葯i s膬 mai m膬n芒nc & beu ceva bun (apropo, de葯i Miller a dus foame zdrav膬n膬, 卯n carte o s膬 g膬si葲i muuuuult膬 m芒ncare; or, numai duc芒nd foame 卯葲i vine s膬 vorbe葯ti despre m芒ncare; iar scriitorii care vorbesc despre foamete 葯i nu pomenesc diverse m芒nc膬ruri, de mai multe ori, nu sunt dec芒t ni葯te 卯ndopa葲i care ating subiecte ce nu i-a atins (e ca si cum ai zice c膬 ai pip膬it s芒nii profei de rom芒n膬 卯n timp ce doar ai visat-o chiar la lec葲iile 卯n care ea 卯ndruga acolo despre crengi 葯i luceferi)).
颁辞辫膬葯别颈!
De葯i l-am 卯ndr膬git din prima carte citit膬 pe Miller, ju 葯tiu ce dracu am ezitat at芒t. Dar cam vreo doi ani nu am citit de el nici o carte. Abia anul acesta, o dat膬 卯nceput膬 葯i ,,Plexus", am citit 葯i ,,Lume sexului" 葯i ,,Zile lini葯tite la Clichy".
Plexus 卯mi pare cea mai dens膬 (zic asta cu foarte mare curaj, a葯a cum n-am citit 卯nc膬 ce-a de-a treia carte din trilogie - Nexus) din cele trei c膬r葲i care alc膬tuiesc trilogia. Sexus mi-a pl膬cut enorm, dar Plexus e mai aproape de mine datorit膬 temei pe care o abordeaz膬 aici 葯i anume: perioada 卯n care Miller 卯ncepe s膬 scrie, unde 卯ncearc膬 s膬 o fac膬, s膬 pun膬 卯n sf芒r葯it 卯n lucru materialul pe care 卯l tr膬ie葯te 葯i, totu葯i, o face 卯nc膬 deplasat 葯i st芒ngaci. Abia peste dou膬zeci de ani are s膬 scrie 葯i trilogia 葯i alte c膬r葲i de mare valoare, dar unele texte i se trag 卯nc膬 din aceast膬 perioad膬.
Un lucru important pe care am avut s膬-l con葯tientizez odat膬 citit acest volum e c膬 Henry Valentin Miller e un autor prost de fic葲iune, acolo unde 卯ncearc膬 s膬 bage ni葯te visuri, fantezii, situa葲ii pur fic葲ionale - rateaz膬; 卯ns膬 de-a lungul c膬r葲ii un 卯葯i poveste葯te propriile tr膬iri 葯i peripe葲ii e absolut genial (葯i o spun cu toat膬 sinceritatea).
A葯 卯ncerca s膬 citez aici, dar mi-ar lua o groaz膬 de timp 葯i spa葲iu, 卯ns膬 sunt sigur c膬 nu vor citi nici m膬car 10% din cei care vor vedea postarea.
A葯 卯ncerca s膬 descriu idei, filosofii, situa葲ii din carte dar nu sunt rumegate destul 葯i, sunt sigur, o s膬 revin s膬 recitesc tot ce am 卯nsemnat cu creionul de mai multe ori (dar am 卯nsemnat mult).
Acum, cred, e timpul s膬-mi limpezesc balamucul din creier cu o pauz膬 din lecturi 葯i s膬 mai m膬n芒nc & beu ceva bun (apropo, de葯i Miller a dus foame zdrav膬n膬, 卯n carte o s膬 g膬si葲i muuuuult膬 m芒ncare; or, numai duc芒nd foame 卯葲i vine s膬 vorbe葯ti despre m芒ncare; iar scriitorii care vorbesc despre foamete 葯i nu pomenesc diverse m芒nc膬ruri, de mai multe ori, nu sunt dec芒t ni葯te 卯ndopa葲i care ating subiecte ce nu i-a atins (e ca si cum ai zice c膬 ai pip膬it s芒nii profei de rom芒n膬 卯n timp ce doar ai visat-o chiar la lec葲iile 卯n care ea 卯ndruga acolo despre crengi 葯i luceferi)).
颁辞辫膬葯别颈!
May 7, 2020
Drugi dio trilogije "Ru啪i膷asto raspe膰e".
Za razliku od Sexusa, kojeg je preveo Zlatko Crnkovi膰, Plexus je preveo Leonard Spalatin. Isti膷em ovo jer je izdanje Plexusa, kojeg sam 膷itao, (Otokar Ker拧ovani 1969) prepuno tipfelera i gre拧aka, 拧to nije bio slu膷aj sa Sexusom iako su izdava膷 i godina identi膷ni. Za拧to je tomu tako, to ne znam, ali to ide na du拧u lektora i prevoditelja...
O djelu:
Veliko iznena膽enje, iako je ovo najopse啪nija Millerova knjiga u njoj gotovo uop膰e nema opscenih ili ikakvih opisa seksualnih iskustava. Nisam siguran je li to dobro ili lo拧e. 艩to se ti膷e Millerova stila, 膷ini mi se da je malo pro拧irio vokabular, ali sve ostalo zapravo je jednako, samo pristojnije. Mogu膰e da su ga kriti膷ari, izdava膷i li tko ve膰 nagazili zbog previ拧e "prljav拧tine" pa je jednostavno kapitulirao, a mo啪da je Miller jednostavno mislio da ga ne膰e shva膰ati kao ozbiljnog pisca ako ne napi拧e "pristojnu" knjigu. Ako tko zna za拧to ili ima ideju zbog 膷ega je tako naglo promijenio plo膷u u drugoj knjizi neka mi napi拧e u komentar! S obzirom da je rije膷 o istoj pri膷i, dakle Plexus se tematski u potpunosti naslanja na Sexus, samo su se, eto, odjednom, bez navedenog razloga likovi prestali jebavati i opijati, dodu拧e i dalje 啪deru i 啪icaju pare na sve strane.
Kako bilo, Plexus ima svojih dobrih dijelova, a zadnja dva poglavlja su bila fantasti膷na, u njima je Miller najbolje filozofirao i pokazao da ima mogu膰nost popunjavanja fabule izvrsnim esejisti膷kim digresijama, me膽utim ve膰ina knjige zapravo nije imala tu snagu, kako da se izrazim... 膷itaju膰i Plexus uglavnom ne膰ete obogatiti duh i ne膰e vas ni拧ta prosvijetliti i natjerati na razmi拧ljanje i promi拧ljanje o "velikim temama". Miller je jednostavan, pitak, i bekompromisan, iako je u Sexusu znao pretjerati sa seksom, u Plexusu je oti拧ao u drugu krajnost, 拧to jednostavno ru拧i logi膷ku koncepciju s po膷etka pri膷e.
Iako ovaj roman mo啪da uop膰e nije slabiji od Sexusa, poanta je da s Plexusom nismo dobili ni拧ta novog, osim 拧to je pro拧irio vokabular i upristojio se. Zbog toga mu ide zvjezdica manje s nadom da 膰e tre膰i dio - Nexus, donijeti ne拧to novo i da 膰e fino zaokru啪iti ovu autobiografsku trilogiju.
Za razliku od Sexusa, kojeg je preveo Zlatko Crnkovi膰, Plexus je preveo Leonard Spalatin. Isti膷em ovo jer je izdanje Plexusa, kojeg sam 膷itao, (Otokar Ker拧ovani 1969) prepuno tipfelera i gre拧aka, 拧to nije bio slu膷aj sa Sexusom iako su izdava膷 i godina identi膷ni. Za拧to je tomu tako, to ne znam, ali to ide na du拧u lektora i prevoditelja...
O djelu:
Veliko iznena膽enje, iako je ovo najopse啪nija Millerova knjiga u njoj gotovo uop膰e nema opscenih ili ikakvih opisa seksualnih iskustava. Nisam siguran je li to dobro ili lo拧e. 艩to se ti膷e Millerova stila, 膷ini mi se da je malo pro拧irio vokabular, ali sve ostalo zapravo je jednako, samo pristojnije. Mogu膰e da su ga kriti膷ari, izdava膷i li tko ve膰 nagazili zbog previ拧e "prljav拧tine" pa je jednostavno kapitulirao, a mo啪da je Miller jednostavno mislio da ga ne膰e shva膰ati kao ozbiljnog pisca ako ne napi拧e "pristojnu" knjigu. Ako tko zna za拧to ili ima ideju zbog 膷ega je tako naglo promijenio plo膷u u drugoj knjizi neka mi napi拧e u komentar! S obzirom da je rije膷 o istoj pri膷i, dakle Plexus se tematski u potpunosti naslanja na Sexus, samo su se, eto, odjednom, bez navedenog razloga likovi prestali jebavati i opijati, dodu拧e i dalje 啪deru i 啪icaju pare na sve strane.
Kako bilo, Plexus ima svojih dobrih dijelova, a zadnja dva poglavlja su bila fantasti膷na, u njima je Miller najbolje filozofirao i pokazao da ima mogu膰nost popunjavanja fabule izvrsnim esejisti膷kim digresijama, me膽utim ve膰ina knjige zapravo nije imala tu snagu, kako da se izrazim... 膷itaju膰i Plexus uglavnom ne膰ete obogatiti duh i ne膰e vas ni拧ta prosvijetliti i natjerati na razmi拧ljanje i promi拧ljanje o "velikim temama". Miller je jednostavan, pitak, i bekompromisan, iako je u Sexusu znao pretjerati sa seksom, u Plexusu je oti拧ao u drugu krajnost, 拧to jednostavno ru拧i logi膷ku koncepciju s po膷etka pri膷e.
Iako ovaj roman mo啪da uop膰e nije slabiji od Sexusa, poanta je da s Plexusom nismo dobili ni拧ta novog, osim 拧to je pro拧irio vokabular i upristojio se. Zbog toga mu ide zvjezdica manje s nadom da 膰e tre膰i dio - Nexus, donijeti ne拧to novo i da 膰e fino zaokru啪iti ovu autobiografsku trilogiju.
March 4, 2024
3.5
Man doesn't have sex. Only other things happen.
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Office of AD,
Dictated but not read
Man doesn't have sex. Only other things happen.
Brackets, far too long, close brackets.
Office of AD,
Dictated but not read
October 5, 2015
Miller, Henry. Plexus (The Rosy Crucifixion, Book 2)
I have always found Henry Miller addictive, having first read Tropic of Cancer in 1954, and smuggled it into England as if carrying dynamite. Ever since I鈥檝e been a sucker for anything he wrote. I suppose I admired the man rather than the books themselves. He had done what many of us at some time in our lives have done or, rather, wished to do: given up the rat race. In his case it was choice rather than necessity that drove him into poverty and finding his destiny in writing. Unlike Orwell, whose experiments at living with the poor and downtrodden were exercises in discovering other lifestyles, Miller was less interested in his subjects鈥� welfare than his take on them. He loved the floating immigrant population of Brooklyn; Poles, Jews, Russians - they were his raw material. He had no Etonian background, no wealthy parents behind him, and no connections in the literary world. He began from scratch, borrowed books on his mother鈥檚 library ticket and read anything that took his fancy. 鈥楴o doubt it is important to read the classics,鈥� he admits, but more valuable 鈥榯o a writer at least, is to read whatever comes to hand.鈥� He wandered the museums and galleries, and the bars and speakeasies of Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx, bumming a crust, listening to life stories, picking up crazy people, and squatting in condemned rat-infested tenements.
Plexus, the palm of his oeuvre says William Gordon, treats the period from his leaving the Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company to his first (bad) marriage, his divorce and his obsession with Mona, an easy girl who believes in his 鈥榳ork鈥� and helps him emotionally and financially. Beginning with erotic bliss (see first volume, Sexus) his relationship with his new wife is ecstatic - until gradually things fall apart. The reader suspects and so does Miller that his wife is a loose woman, living off richer and often disturbed lovers. The bothers Miller not one jot. He loves stories or anecdotes and welcomes all comers!
When I open a volume of Miller such as Plexus a huge grin comes over me. I know what to expect and am never disappointed. The account of his and friend Dr Kronski鈥檚 entertaining of the handsome and gullible Alan Cromwell, one of Mona鈥檚 beaux is sheer knockabout farce. To start with, Mona never appears to discuss the business proposition with her lover, so the three men drink, Miller listening in the role of Dr Marx, a Jewish surgeon to Kronski telling gruesome stories about animal experiments, one of which was about a rabbit that indvertently died. Afterwards Kronski made it into a stew! Unfortunately he鈥檇 forgotten the poison used as a sedative. 鈥楥romwell, slightly sobered by the bloody tale, remarked that it was too bad that Kronski hadn鈥檛 died, then laughed so heartily over this thought that absentmindedly he swallowed half a glass of neat cognac. Whereupon he had such a fit of coughing that we had to stretch him out on the floor and work over him like a drowned man.鈥� Dressing and undressing the soused Cromwell and telling the revived guest that while he鈥檚 been 鈥榦ut鈥� Mona has phoned, saying she鈥檇 gone to Washington to meet him.
Interspersed among Miller鈥檚 encounters with riff-raff in the streets, we find long passages of reminiscence and much philosophical rambling on Nietzsche, Lawrence, and Freud, Rank, Alan Watts, Van Gogh, Dostoyevsky and other writers. But wherever his steps take him in search of 鈥榓 five spot鈥� a drink or anything but office slavery Miller is an entertaining guide.
I have always found Henry Miller addictive, having first read Tropic of Cancer in 1954, and smuggled it into England as if carrying dynamite. Ever since I鈥檝e been a sucker for anything he wrote. I suppose I admired the man rather than the books themselves. He had done what many of us at some time in our lives have done or, rather, wished to do: given up the rat race. In his case it was choice rather than necessity that drove him into poverty and finding his destiny in writing. Unlike Orwell, whose experiments at living with the poor and downtrodden were exercises in discovering other lifestyles, Miller was less interested in his subjects鈥� welfare than his take on them. He loved the floating immigrant population of Brooklyn; Poles, Jews, Russians - they were his raw material. He had no Etonian background, no wealthy parents behind him, and no connections in the literary world. He began from scratch, borrowed books on his mother鈥檚 library ticket and read anything that took his fancy. 鈥楴o doubt it is important to read the classics,鈥� he admits, but more valuable 鈥榯o a writer at least, is to read whatever comes to hand.鈥� He wandered the museums and galleries, and the bars and speakeasies of Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx, bumming a crust, listening to life stories, picking up crazy people, and squatting in condemned rat-infested tenements.
Plexus, the palm of his oeuvre says William Gordon, treats the period from his leaving the Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company to his first (bad) marriage, his divorce and his obsession with Mona, an easy girl who believes in his 鈥榳ork鈥� and helps him emotionally and financially. Beginning with erotic bliss (see first volume, Sexus) his relationship with his new wife is ecstatic - until gradually things fall apart. The reader suspects and so does Miller that his wife is a loose woman, living off richer and often disturbed lovers. The bothers Miller not one jot. He loves stories or anecdotes and welcomes all comers!
When I open a volume of Miller such as Plexus a huge grin comes over me. I know what to expect and am never disappointed. The account of his and friend Dr Kronski鈥檚 entertaining of the handsome and gullible Alan Cromwell, one of Mona鈥檚 beaux is sheer knockabout farce. To start with, Mona never appears to discuss the business proposition with her lover, so the three men drink, Miller listening in the role of Dr Marx, a Jewish surgeon to Kronski telling gruesome stories about animal experiments, one of which was about a rabbit that indvertently died. Afterwards Kronski made it into a stew! Unfortunately he鈥檇 forgotten the poison used as a sedative. 鈥楥romwell, slightly sobered by the bloody tale, remarked that it was too bad that Kronski hadn鈥檛 died, then laughed so heartily over this thought that absentmindedly he swallowed half a glass of neat cognac. Whereupon he had such a fit of coughing that we had to stretch him out on the floor and work over him like a drowned man.鈥� Dressing and undressing the soused Cromwell and telling the revived guest that while he鈥檚 been 鈥榦ut鈥� Mona has phoned, saying she鈥檇 gone to Washington to meet him.
Interspersed among Miller鈥檚 encounters with riff-raff in the streets, we find long passages of reminiscence and much philosophical rambling on Nietzsche, Lawrence, and Freud, Rank, Alan Watts, Van Gogh, Dostoyevsky and other writers. But wherever his steps take him in search of 鈥榓 five spot鈥� a drink or anything but office slavery Miller is an entertaining guide.
November 9, 2012
Plexus is the second and BEST novel in Henry Miller's "The Rosy Crucifixion" trilogy. Better than Tropic of Cancer (in my opinion). You'll have to go elsewhere to find a real review--I don't have the time to get into it. But I loved the book, dog-eared many pages, underlined constantly, had to tape the cover on twice, and look forward to reading it again.
November 17, 2015
賴賳乇賶 賲賷賱賱乇 賰丕鬲亘 亘丕卅爻 爻毓賷丿 卮賴賵丕賳賶 賮賷賱爻賵賮 丕賳爻丕賳 賷噩賲毓 賰賱 丕賱賲鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 賲毓賳賶 賮鬲囟賷毓 賲毓賴
July 11, 2019
3.5 rounded down
Henry Miller is an author who I think would have affected me differently had I read him many years ago, as a late teen or early adult. Still though, his exuberance remains appealing--it's like a love letter to life, and an absolute refusal to be conventional in any way. In this regard, he reminds me a lot of Jack Kerouac, at least the Jack Kerouac of On the Road.
The sense of life in the time he's writing about--the late 20s or early 30s--is also fascinating, as well as the lunacy of the conversations he gets into with his friends (and what an odd collection they are!) I thought these aspects were all highly positive, but when his narrative turned to descriptions of his dreams, or digressed into some of his opinions about the world, or got particularly vulgar, I felt my interest slipping away.
In the end, I'd say I was pleasantly surprised--the few excerpts I'd read of some of his other work led me to think I might be disappointed with this one, but, even though I felt it's appeal was uneven, I liked it enough that I'll probably read more Miller in the future.
Henry Miller is an author who I think would have affected me differently had I read him many years ago, as a late teen or early adult. Still though, his exuberance remains appealing--it's like a love letter to life, and an absolute refusal to be conventional in any way. In this regard, he reminds me a lot of Jack Kerouac, at least the Jack Kerouac of On the Road.
The sense of life in the time he's writing about--the late 20s or early 30s--is also fascinating, as well as the lunacy of the conversations he gets into with his friends (and what an odd collection they are!) I thought these aspects were all highly positive, but when his narrative turned to descriptions of his dreams, or digressed into some of his opinions about the world, or got particularly vulgar, I felt my interest slipping away.
In the end, I'd say I was pleasantly surprised--the few excerpts I'd read of some of his other work led me to think I might be disappointed with this one, but, even though I felt it's appeal was uneven, I liked it enough that I'll probably read more Miller in the future.
April 24, 2018
兀賷 賲毓匕亘 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賷賱賱乇!! 賷亘賯賶 賷噩乇賰 賮賷 氐丨乇丕亍 爻乇丿賴 胤賵丕賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賷賰丕賮丐賰 賳賴丕賷丞賸 亘賵丕丨丞 毓匕亘丞 賱鬲爻賯賷 賰賱 丕賱馗賲兀 丕賱匕賷 賲乇乇鬲 亘賴 胤賵丕賱 丕賱乇丨賱丞 賵賷亘賯賶 胤毓賲 丕賱毓匕賵亘丞 丕賱鬲賷 匕賯鬲賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賮氐賱賷賳 丕賱兀禺賷乇賷賳 賷丨乇囟賰 賱賱亘丨孬 丕賱丿丕卅賲 毓賳 賵丕丨丕鬲 賲賷賱賱乇 .. 丕賱鬲賷 賯丿 鬲毓亘乇 毓賵丕賱賲 毓丿丞 賱鬲毓賷卮 賮賷賴丕 亘囟毓 賱丨馗丕鬲 賮賯胤
兀賳鬲 毓噩丕卅亘賷 噩丿丕 賷丕賲賷賱賱乇
賲賱丨賵馗丕鬲賷
賱賯丿 鬲賯亘賱鬲 丕賱丕卮賷丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓賵丿 丕賱賶 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賮賯胤 賱賰賷 丕丨賵賱賴丕 丕賱賶 賳賴丕賷丕鬲 丕亘丿丕毓賷丞
丕賳賷 丕賮賰乇 亘丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 胤賵丕賱 丕賱賵賯鬲 丨丿爻賷 賷賷賯賵賱 賱賷 賱毓賱賴 爻賷賰賵賳 胤賵賷賱丕 賵卮丕卅賰丕
兀丨爻 賮賷 賳賮爻賷 賳卮賵丞 賳賵乇丕賳賷丞 廿賱賶 丿乇噩丞 兀賳賷 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 兀賳賷乇 丕賱毓丕賱賲貙 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賮兀賳丕 丨亘賷爻 賲毓丿賳 賲丕
賱賵賷爻 賱丕賲亘賷乇鬲 亘賱夭丕賰
268+269- 273
丕丨丿丕孬 爻賵乇賷丕賱賷丞
廿匕丕 賰丕賳 丕賱丨賱 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賴賵 兀賳 賷毓賷卮賴丕 丕賱賲乇亍 丕匕賳 丿毓賵賳丕 賳毓賷卮 賱賳毓卮 亘賲夭賷丿 賲賳 丕賱爻毓丞 賵丕賱亘丨亘賵丨丞 丕賳 丕爻丕胤賷賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賱丕 賷賵噩丿賵賳 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲亘 賴賲 賱賷爻賵丕 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 丕賳賴賲 賷賯亘毓賵賳 賮賷 丕賱禺賱賵丿 賵賱丕賷賰賮賵賳 毓賳 丕賱鬲囟乇毓 賱兀賳 賳賱丨賯 亘賴賲 賮賷 丕賱禺賱賵丿
兀賳鬲 毓噩丕卅亘賷 噩丿丕 賷丕賲賷賱賱乇
賲賱丨賵馗丕鬲賷
賱賯丿 鬲賯亘賱鬲 丕賱丕卮賷丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓賵丿 丕賱賶 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賮賯胤 賱賰賷 丕丨賵賱賴丕 丕賱賶 賳賴丕賷丕鬲 丕亘丿丕毓賷丞
丕賳賷 丕賮賰乇 亘丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 胤賵丕賱 丕賱賵賯鬲 丨丿爻賷 賷賷賯賵賱 賱賷 賱毓賱賴 爻賷賰賵賳 胤賵賷賱丕 賵卮丕卅賰丕
兀丨爻 賮賷 賳賮爻賷 賳卮賵丞 賳賵乇丕賳賷丞 廿賱賶 丿乇噩丞 兀賳賷 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 兀賳賷乇 丕賱毓丕賱賲貙 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賮兀賳丕 丨亘賷爻 賲毓丿賳 賲丕
賱賵賷爻 賱丕賲亘賷乇鬲 亘賱夭丕賰
268+269- 273
丕丨丿丕孬 爻賵乇賷丕賱賷丞
廿匕丕 賰丕賳 丕賱丨賱 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賴賵 兀賳 賷毓賷卮賴丕 丕賱賲乇亍 丕匕賳 丿毓賵賳丕 賳毓賷卮 賱賳毓卮 亘賲夭賷丿 賲賳 丕賱爻毓丞 賵丕賱亘丨亘賵丨丞 丕賳 丕爻丕胤賷賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賱丕 賷賵噩丿賵賳 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲亘 賴賲 賱賷爻賵丕 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 丕賳賴賲 賷賯亘毓賵賳 賮賷 丕賱禺賱賵丿 賵賱丕賷賰賮賵賳 毓賳 丕賱鬲囟乇毓 賱兀賳 賳賱丨賯 亘賴賲 賮賷 丕賱禺賱賵丿
July 31, 2017
Quando la precariet脿 ti spezza non si pu貌 che leggere Miller, che della vita precaria ne fa un miracolo.
January 25, 2021
This Henry boy can fair spin a yarn
February 9, 2016
賵賲丕夭賱賳丕 賲毓 賲賱丨賲丞 賲賷賱賱乇 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷丞 賵氐賱亘賴 丕賱賵乇丿賶 賳鬲丕亘毓 賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴 賵丕丨賱丕賲賴 賰賶 賷氐亘丨 賰丕鬲亘丕 賰亘賷乇丕 丕爻鬲賯丕賱鬲賴 丕禺賷乇丕 賲賳 賵馗賷賮鬲賴 賵丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱丕賱賷丞 賮賴賳賷卅丕 賱賰 賷丕賲賷賱賱乇 賱賯丿 賮毓賱鬲賴丕 賵丕氐亘丨鬲 丨乇丕 賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴 賲毓 夭賵噩鬲賴 賲賵賳丕 賱鬲丿亘賷乇 賳賮賯丕鬲 丕賱賲毓賷卮丞 賵賰鬲丕亘丕鬲賴 丕賱丕賵賱賶 丕賱鬲賶 賷丨丕賵賱 亘賴丕 賰爻亘 賯賵鬲 賷賵賲賴 丕丨賱丕賲賴 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 賵丕賱鬲賶 賷鬲匕賰乇賴丕 亘丿賯丞 乇賴賷亘丞 毓賳 丿乇丕噩鬲賴 賵賲賳夭賱賴 賵丕氐丿賯丕卅賴 乇丐賷鬲賴 賱賮丕賳 噩賵禺 丕賱匕賶 毓丕賳賶 賲賳 丕賱氐毓賵亘丕鬲 賮賶 丨賷丕鬲賴 賵賲賵鬲賴 賮賯賷乇丕 丕乇丕卅賴 毓賳 丿賷爻鬲賵賮賷爻賰賶 賵丕賳丨丿丕乇 丕賱睾乇亘 賱卮亘賱賳睾乇 ..
亘毓丿 賲賷賱賱乇 賮賶 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 鬲賲丕賲丕 毓賳 丕賱亘賵乇賳賵睾乇丕賮賷丕 賮丕氐亘丨鬲 亘賷賱賰爻賵爻 丕卮亘賴 亘賰鬲丕亘 毓賳 丕賱丿賷賳 賲賯丕乇賳丞 亘爻賰爻賵爻 賵匕賱賰 噩毓賱賴丕 丕賮囟賱 賲賳賴丕 賵丕噩賲賱 .. 賰丕賱毓丕丿丞 丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱胤賵賷賱 賷丨賰賲 丕爻賱賵亘 賲賷賱賱乇 丨鬲賶 賮賶 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賱丕丨賱丕賲賴 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 賵丕賱禺乇賵噩 賲賳 賯氐丞 丕賱賶 丕禺乇賶 賵丕賱丕爻鬲胤乇丕丿 丕賱賲亘丕賱睾 賮賷賴 ..
爻賳噩丿 賲毓丕賳丕丞 賲賷賱賱乇 丕賱賰亘乇賶 賮賶 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 丨鬲賶 丕賳賴 丕囟胤乇 丕賱賶 丕賳 賷丕賰賱 丕賱胤毓丕賲 丕賱賮丕爻丿 丕賱匕賶 爻賷鬲賲 丕賱鬲禺賱氐 賲賳賴 賲賳 丕賱賲丨賱丕鬲 賵丕賱賲胤丕毓賲 丕丿丕乇鬲賴 賱丨丕賳丞 鬲賯氐賷乇賴 賮賶 丿賮毓 賳賮賯丞 丕亘賳鬲賴 丕賱鬲賶 賱賲 賷爻鬲胤毓 爻賵賶 乇丐賷鬲賴丕 賲賳 亘毓賷丿 賵亘賰丕卅賴 賰孬賷乇丕 禺賵賮丕 賲賳 毓丿賲 賲毓乇賮鬲賴丕 丕賷丕賴 丕賵 鬲丨乇賷囟 丕賲賴丕 囟丿賴 ..
丕賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱賰亘乇賶 丕賱鬲賶 賵丕噩賴賴丕 賲賷賱賱乇 賮賶 丨賷丕鬲賴 賲孬賱鬲 氐賱亘賴 丕賱賵乇丿賶 丕賳 鬲噩乇丨 賵鬲賳夭賮 丨鬲賶 丕禺乇 賯胤乇丞 賲賳 丿賲丕卅賰 賱鬲夭賴乇 亘毓丿賴丕 賵乇丿丞 乇亘賲丕 鬲丨賲賱 賱賰 丕賱丕賲賱 賮丕賱賶 賳賷賰爻賵爻 丕禺乇 噩夭亍 賮賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲賱丨賲丞 ..
亘毓丿 賲賷賱賱乇 賮賶 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 鬲賲丕賲丕 毓賳 丕賱亘賵乇賳賵睾乇丕賮賷丕 賮丕氐亘丨鬲 亘賷賱賰爻賵爻 丕卮亘賴 亘賰鬲丕亘 毓賳 丕賱丿賷賳 賲賯丕乇賳丞 亘爻賰爻賵爻 賵匕賱賰 噩毓賱賴丕 丕賮囟賱 賲賳賴丕 賵丕噩賲賱 .. 賰丕賱毓丕丿丞 丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱胤賵賷賱 賷丨賰賲 丕爻賱賵亘 賲賷賱賱乇 丨鬲賶 賮賶 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賱丕丨賱丕賲賴 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 賵丕賱禺乇賵噩 賲賳 賯氐丞 丕賱賶 丕禺乇賶 賵丕賱丕爻鬲胤乇丕丿 丕賱賲亘丕賱睾 賮賷賴 ..
爻賳噩丿 賲毓丕賳丕丞 賲賷賱賱乇 丕賱賰亘乇賶 賮賶 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 丨鬲賶 丕賳賴 丕囟胤乇 丕賱賶 丕賳 賷丕賰賱 丕賱胤毓丕賲 丕賱賮丕爻丿 丕賱匕賶 爻賷鬲賲 丕賱鬲禺賱氐 賲賳賴 賲賳 丕賱賲丨賱丕鬲 賵丕賱賲胤丕毓賲 丕丿丕乇鬲賴 賱丨丕賳丞 鬲賯氐賷乇賴 賮賶 丿賮毓 賳賮賯丞 丕亘賳鬲賴 丕賱鬲賶 賱賲 賷爻鬲胤毓 爻賵賶 乇丐賷鬲賴丕 賲賳 亘毓賷丿 賵亘賰丕卅賴 賰孬賷乇丕 禺賵賮丕 賲賳 毓丿賲 賲毓乇賮鬲賴丕 丕賷丕賴 丕賵 鬲丨乇賷囟 丕賲賴丕 囟丿賴 ..
丕賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱賰亘乇賶 丕賱鬲賶 賵丕噩賴賴丕 賲賷賱賱乇 賮賶 丨賷丕鬲賴 賲孬賱鬲 氐賱亘賴 丕賱賵乇丿賶 丕賳 鬲噩乇丨 賵鬲賳夭賮 丨鬲賶 丕禺乇 賯胤乇丞 賲賳 丿賲丕卅賰 賱鬲夭賴乇 亘毓丿賴丕 賵乇丿丞 乇亘賲丕 鬲丨賲賱 賱賰 丕賱丕賲賱 賮丕賱賶 賳賷賰爻賵爻 丕禺乇 噩夭亍 賮賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲賱丨賲丞 ..
April 25, 2019
Tedious, boring and excessively long book. I'm in love with Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn and really enjoyed Sexus. But as second book in Tropic trilogy (Black Spring), this is very uneven.
Entire chapters are wasted about Miller begging every possible acquaintance to lend him money, or looking where to eat something for free.
And it doesn't feel like a formation of the great writer. It just feels like a boring narrative of everyday life, without focus and sparkle. Sadly, even his signature stream of consciousness parts are less compelling here.
It was a struggle to get through the end, and I'm not sure if I can handle Nexus after such a disappointment.
500 pages for a few nice passages? Nah.
Entire chapters are wasted about Miller begging every possible acquaintance to lend him money, or looking where to eat something for free.
And it doesn't feel like a formation of the great writer. It just feels like a boring narrative of everyday life, without focus and sparkle. Sadly, even his signature stream of consciousness parts are less compelling here.
It was a struggle to get through the end, and I'm not sure if I can handle Nexus after such a disappointment.
500 pages for a few nice passages? Nah.
November 20, 2018
Yes, I longed to read Henry Miller for quite sometime. What I didn't know is the unfortunate dislike of some of his books like this one. A lot of rambling about books, people, and places. I did not like the plot at all. The main character is Henry Miller who is a poor and struggling writer. They move from place to place meeting different people some of whom are supportive but some are not. The author talks about life and various aspects of life. He talks of religion, philosophy, childhood, dreams, books et cetera.
July 4, 2017
Henry Miller is, to me, a minor God. When he gets on a roll, he is one of the best.
I loved reading his sense impressions of hitchhiking down South; of traveling through Harper's Ferry, WV and John Brown; of working (without much success) at several jobs before becoming a writer.
On my list is Nexus.
I loved reading his sense impressions of hitchhiking down South; of traveling through Harper's Ferry, WV and John Brown; of working (without much success) at several jobs before becoming a writer.
On my list is Nexus.
January 19, 2021
Re-read, 01/2011: The central volume of Miller鈥檚 trilogy is the meat of his story, coming through a series of miserable events to realize that he must devote his life to writing. Of all the tellings of Miller鈥檚 formative years, this is my favorite version.
henry miller basically owns your face.
henry miller basically owns your face.
June 2, 2013
Contin煤an las tribulaciones en la parte baja de Manhattan: en Greenwich Village. El cambio de parejas constante, la buena vida se mezcla con la precariedad laboral y afectiva. Los amigos son un pilar de continuidad en el relato, donde lo dem谩s importa poco.
December 2, 2013
A window onto Miller's early years of struggle to become a writer as he surrenders his will to the chaotic personality of his second wife June (Mona). As with all Miller's "novels," the narrative moves through association, memory, and dream rather than a logically organized plot.
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December 10, 2019丿毓賵賳賷 兀賯賵賱 亘賵囟賵丨 賵亘丿賵賳 賲賵丕乇亘丞貙 "亘毓丿 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞" 賱丕賷賰賵賳 賱兀賷 卮賷亍 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱丨賯丕卅賯 賲毓賳賶 兀賵 兀賴賲賷丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷. 賮賯丿 賰丕丿鬲 丕賱兀禺亘丕乇 丕賱賷賵賲賷丞 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 亘毓賷丿丞 毓賳賷 賰亘購毓丿 賳噩賲 丕賱賰賱亘.
賰賳鬲購 賮賷 睾賲乇丞 賲賳 賲乇丕丨賱 丕賱鬲丨賵賾賱 ...
賴賳乇賷 賲賷賱乇 ...
賰賳鬲購 賮賷 睾賲乇丞 賲賳 賲乇丕丨賱 丕賱鬲丨賵賾賱 ...
賴賳乇賷 賲賷賱乇 ...
February 22, 2012
賴賳乇賷 賷馗賴乇 賱賱賳丕爻 賳賮爻賴 .. 亘賰賱 爻賮丕賱賴 賵 胤賷亘賴貙 亘賰賱 亘爻丕胤賴 賵毓賮賵賷賴. 鬲丨丿孬 賲賷賱乇 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 亘丕噩夭丕卅丞 毓賳 賳賮爻賴 賵毓賳 賲噩鬲賲毓賴 賮賷 丕賴賲 丨賯亘賴 賲賳 丨賯亘 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰賷
May 22, 2021
Mixing biography with reflections about art, literature, life and purpose, Nexus is a thoroughly enjoyable read, in typical Henry Miller style, with many unforgettable passages.
December 18, 2022
賷亘丿賵 兀賳賷 賮賷 賰賱 賮鬲乇丞 丨乇噩丞 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賷 氐丕丿賮鬲 丕賱賲丐賱賮 丕賱賲胤賱賵亘 賱丿毓賲賷 貙 賳賷鬲卮丞 貙 丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮爻賰賷 貙 廿賷賱賷 賮賵乇 貙 卮亘賳睾賱乇 : 賲丕 兀乇賵毓賴 賲賳 乇亘丕毓賷! 賰丕賳 賴賳丕賰 丕禺乇賵賳貙 胤亘毓丕 貙 賰丕賳鬲 賱賴賲 兀賴賲賷鬲賴賲 賮賷 賱丨馗丕鬲 賲毓賷賳丞 貙 賵賱賰賳賴賲 賱賲 賷賰賵賳賵丕 賷鬲氐賮賵賳 亘爻毓丞 丕賱兀賮賯貙 賵毓馗賲丞 兀賵賱卅賰 丕賱兀乇亘毓丞貙 廿賳賴賲 賮乇爻丕賳 乇丐賷丕賷 丕賱禺丕氐丞 丕賱兀乇亘毓丞! 賰賱 賵丕丨丿 賲賳賴賲 賷毓亘乇 丨鬲賶 丕賱夭亘賶 毓賱賶 禺丕氐賷鬲賴 丕賱賮乇賷丿丞: 賳賷鬲卮丞 賲丨胤賲 丕賱兀氐賳丕賲貙賵丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮爻賰賷 賯丕囟賷 丕賱鬲丨賯賷賯 丕賱毓馗賷賲貙 賵賮賵乇 丕賱爻丕丨乇貙賵卮亘賱賳睾乇 氐丕賳毓 丕賱兀爻丕賱賷亘. 兀賷 氐乇丨!
賮賷 賷賵賲 丌禺乇貙 賮賷 兀乇囟 兀噩賳亘賷丞貙 爻賵賮 賷馗賴乇 賱賷 卮丕亘 賵賷賱賯亘賳賷 亘賴 "丕賱氐禺乇丞 丕賱爻毓賷丿丞 "貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 賷毓賷 丕賱鬲睾賷乇 丕賱匕賷 胤乇兀 毓賱賷. 賵賴匕丕 賴賵 丕賱賱賯亘 丕賱匕賷 爻兀賯丿賲賴 丨賷賳 爻賷爻兀賱賳賷 禺丕賱賯 丕賱賰賵賳 丕賱毓馗賷賲 - " 賲賳 兀賳鬲責"
賳毓賲貙 爻兀噩賷亘 丿賵賳 兀丿賳賶 卮賰: " 兀賳丕 丕賱氐禺乇丞 丕賱爻毓賷丿丞! "
賵廿匕丕 賲丕 爻卅賱鬲 - " 賰賷賮 賵噩丿鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 毓賱賶 丕賱兀乇囟 責 " - 爻兀噩賷亘: 賰丕賳鬲 丨賷丕鬲賷 氐賱亘兀 賵乇丿賷丕 賲胤賵賱丕 "
賮賷 賵賯鬲 賲賳 丕賱兀賵賯丕鬲 丨爻亘鬲 兀賳賷 鬲兀匕賷鬲 賰賲丕 賱賲 賷鬲兀匕 兀丨丿. 賵賱兀賳賷 卮毓乇鬲 賴賰匕丕 兀賯爻賲鬲 毓賱賶 兀賳 兀丐賱賮 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘. 賵賱賰賳 賯亘賱 兀賳 兀亘丕卮乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 亘賵賯鬲 胤賵賷賱 丕賱鬲兀賲 丕賱噩乇丨. 賵賱賲丕 賰賳鬲 賯丿 兀賯爻賲鬲 毓賱賶 兀賳 兀賳噩夭 賲賴賲鬲賷 兀毓丿鬲 賮鬲丨 丕賱噩乇丨 丕賱賮馗賷毓.
丿毓賳賷 兀毓亘乇 亘兀爻賱賵亘 丌禺乇 ... 賱毓賱賷 亘賮鬲丨賷 丕賱噩乇丨 噩乇丨賷 兀賳丕貙 兀睾賱賯鬲 噩乇賵丨丕 兀禺乇賶貙 噩乇賵丨 兀賳丕爻 丌禺乇賷賳. 卮賷亍 賷賲賵鬲貙 賵卮賷亍 賷夭賴乇 . 廿賳 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賲毓 噩賴賱 兀賲乇 乇賴賷亘. 兀賲丕 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 毓賳 毓賲丿貙 賲賳 兀噩賱 賮賴賲 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賵廿賱睾丕卅賴丕 廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿貙 賮賲爻兀賱丞 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 鬲賲丕賲丕. 賱賯丿 馗賱 亘賵匕丕 賷乇賰夭 胤賵丕賱 丨賷丕鬲賴 毓賱賶 賮賰乇丞 賵丕丨丿丞貙 賰賲丕 賳毓賱賲貙 賵賴賷 丕賱賯囟丕亍 毓賱賶 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞.
廿賳 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 囟乇賵乇賷丞. 賵賱賰賳 賱丕亘丿 賱賱賲乇亍 賲賳 兀賳 賷毓丕賳賷 賯亘賱 兀賳 賷鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 廿丿乇丕賰 兀賳 丕賱兀賲乇 賴賵 賰匕賱賰. 賵夭賷丕丿丞 毓賱賶 匕賱賰 賮丨賷賳卅匕 賮賯胤 賷鬲噩賱賶 丕賱賲睾夭蹖 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷 賱賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞. 賮賷 賱丨馗丞 丕賱賷兀爻 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 - 丨賷賳 賱丕 賷毓賵丿 賮賷 廿賲賰丕賳 丕賱賲乇亍 兀賳 賷氐亘乇 毓賱賶 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞! - 賷丨丿孬 兀賲乇 賴賵 賲賳 賯亘賷賱 丕賱賲毓噩夭丞 貙 賮丕賱噩乇丨 丕賱賰亘賷乇 丕賱賲賮鬲賵丨 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賷賳夭賮 毓氐丕乇丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賷賳丿賲賱貙 賵賷夭賴乇 丕賱賰丕卅賳 丕賱丨賷 讴賵乇丿丞. 賵 " 賷鬲丨乇乇 " 丕賱賲乇亍 兀禺賷乇丕貙 賱賷爻 賲毓 " 鬲賵賯 廿賱賶 乇賵爻賷丕 "貙 賵廿賳賲丕 賲毓 鬲賵賯 廿賱賶 賲夭賷丿 賲賳 丕賱丨乇賷丞貙 賲夭賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賳毓賷賲. 廿賳 卮噩乇丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 鬲亘賯賶 丨賷丞 賱賷爻 亘丕賱丿賲賵毓 賵廿賳賲丕 亘賲毓乇賮丞 兀賳 丕賱丨乇賷丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賵鬲丿賵賲 廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿.
- 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賲賳 " 亘賱賷賰爻賵爻 " 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賲賳 孬賱丕孬賷丞 丕賱氐賱賷亘 丕賱賵乇丿賷 賱賴賳乇賷 賲賷賱賱乇 - 鬲乇噩賲丞 兀爻丕賲丞 賲賳夭噩賱賷
賮賷 賷賵賲 丌禺乇貙 賮賷 兀乇囟 兀噩賳亘賷丞貙 爻賵賮 賷馗賴乇 賱賷 卮丕亘 賵賷賱賯亘賳賷 亘賴 "丕賱氐禺乇丞 丕賱爻毓賷丿丞 "貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 賷毓賷 丕賱鬲睾賷乇 丕賱匕賷 胤乇兀 毓賱賷. 賵賴匕丕 賴賵 丕賱賱賯亘 丕賱匕賷 爻兀賯丿賲賴 丨賷賳 爻賷爻兀賱賳賷 禺丕賱賯 丕賱賰賵賳 丕賱毓馗賷賲 - " 賲賳 兀賳鬲責"
賳毓賲貙 爻兀噩賷亘 丿賵賳 兀丿賳賶 卮賰: " 兀賳丕 丕賱氐禺乇丞 丕賱爻毓賷丿丞! "
賵廿匕丕 賲丕 爻卅賱鬲 - " 賰賷賮 賵噩丿鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 毓賱賶 丕賱兀乇囟 責 " - 爻兀噩賷亘: 賰丕賳鬲 丨賷丕鬲賷 氐賱亘兀 賵乇丿賷丕 賲胤賵賱丕 "
賮賷 賵賯鬲 賲賳 丕賱兀賵賯丕鬲 丨爻亘鬲 兀賳賷 鬲兀匕賷鬲 賰賲丕 賱賲 賷鬲兀匕 兀丨丿. 賵賱兀賳賷 卮毓乇鬲 賴賰匕丕 兀賯爻賲鬲 毓賱賶 兀賳 兀丐賱賮 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘. 賵賱賰賳 賯亘賱 兀賳 兀亘丕卮乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 亘賵賯鬲 胤賵賷賱 丕賱鬲兀賲 丕賱噩乇丨. 賵賱賲丕 賰賳鬲 賯丿 兀賯爻賲鬲 毓賱賶 兀賳 兀賳噩夭 賲賴賲鬲賷 兀毓丿鬲 賮鬲丨 丕賱噩乇丨 丕賱賮馗賷毓.
丿毓賳賷 兀毓亘乇 亘兀爻賱賵亘 丌禺乇 ... 賱毓賱賷 亘賮鬲丨賷 丕賱噩乇丨 噩乇丨賷 兀賳丕貙 兀睾賱賯鬲 噩乇賵丨丕 兀禺乇賶貙 噩乇賵丨 兀賳丕爻 丌禺乇賷賳. 卮賷亍 賷賲賵鬲貙 賵卮賷亍 賷夭賴乇 . 廿賳 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賲毓 噩賴賱 兀賲乇 乇賴賷亘. 兀賲丕 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 毓賳 毓賲丿貙 賲賳 兀噩賱 賮賴賲 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賵廿賱睾丕卅賴丕 廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿貙 賮賲爻兀賱丞 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 鬲賲丕賲丕. 賱賯丿 馗賱 亘賵匕丕 賷乇賰夭 胤賵丕賱 丨賷丕鬲賴 毓賱賶 賮賰乇丞 賵丕丨丿丞貙 賰賲丕 賳毓賱賲貙 賵賴賷 丕賱賯囟丕亍 毓賱賶 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞.
廿賳 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 囟乇賵乇賷丞. 賵賱賰賳 賱丕亘丿 賱賱賲乇亍 賲賳 兀賳 賷毓丕賳賷 賯亘賱 兀賳 賷鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 廿丿乇丕賰 兀賳 丕賱兀賲乇 賴賵 賰匕賱賰. 賵夭賷丕丿丞 毓賱賶 匕賱賰 賮丨賷賳卅匕 賮賯胤 賷鬲噩賱賶 丕賱賲睾夭蹖 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷 賱賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞. 賮賷 賱丨馗丞 丕賱賷兀爻 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 - 丨賷賳 賱丕 賷毓賵丿 賮賷 廿賲賰丕賳 丕賱賲乇亍 兀賳 賷氐亘乇 毓賱賶 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞! - 賷丨丿孬 兀賲乇 賴賵 賲賳 賯亘賷賱 丕賱賲毓噩夭丞 貙 賮丕賱噩乇丨 丕賱賰亘賷乇 丕賱賲賮鬲賵丨 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賷賳夭賮 毓氐丕乇丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賷賳丿賲賱貙 賵賷夭賴乇 丕賱賰丕卅賳 丕賱丨賷 讴賵乇丿丞. 賵 " 賷鬲丨乇乇 " 丕賱賲乇亍 兀禺賷乇丕貙 賱賷爻 賲毓 " 鬲賵賯 廿賱賶 乇賵爻賷丕 "貙 賵廿賳賲丕 賲毓 鬲賵賯 廿賱賶 賲夭賷丿 賲賳 丕賱丨乇賷丞貙 賲夭賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賳毓賷賲. 廿賳 卮噩乇丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 鬲亘賯賶 丨賷丞 賱賷爻 亘丕賱丿賲賵毓 賵廿賳賲丕 亘賲毓乇賮丞 兀賳 丕賱丨乇賷丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賵鬲丿賵賲 廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿.
- 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賲賳 " 亘賱賷賰爻賵爻 " 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賲賳 孬賱丕孬賷丞 丕賱氐賱賷亘 丕賱賵乇丿賷 賱賴賳乇賷 賲賷賱賱乇 - 鬲乇噩賲丞 兀爻丕賲丞 賲賳夭噩賱賷
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May 16, 2025鈥淓ventually a day is to dawn when, glancing over my own life as though it were a story or history, I can detect in it a form, a pattern, a meaning鈥� (639). As a reader you share in this mission with the narrator. Reading this book can feel like sitting in a chair and listening to the ultimate one-sided conversation in which the person talking is going through the exercise described by this quote. If it sounds brutal, sometimes it is, but, if you were to choose anyone to listen to in such a manner for 650 pages miller is a pretty good choice.
September 20, 2024
Henry Miller's work is a great literary achievement. Plexus is another testament to a life committed to what one can naively call "truth". But a truth which somehow distinguishes itself from that of the academic and man of logic and science, which is not to discredit the academic and the man of logic! Yet nonetheless what Miller has in mind is much more of this world in its everydayness. Henry Miller seems to constantly demonstrate some fabulous cosmic marvels of being human which can seldom be found in the best works of theory, and perhaps that is the greatest proof of his own untheoretical notions of life, art, ethics, writing, the work, knowledge, esotericism, love, imagination. 'Hen' always inspires one to awaken from that dreary urban life to which it is so easy to accustom oneself. Nietzsche writes "... we whose task is wakefulness itself..." and Hen lives precisely according to this dictum. To always be awake to the world, to search endlessly for the gold of life, in its turmoil, in its suffering, without simple moral prejudices, yet to love and be committed. The words "authentic existence" do Henry Miller no justice, it is hard to articulate what it is about Henry which makes him endearing, his total honesty? His imagination, his erudition? His sensitivity? Henry is human through and through in the best of ways - he belongs to those great people of history that don't move the wheels of History, who aren't decisive, but that attain some great spiritual eternal truth - and he bestows in his language. To spend time with Henry is to be moved, to be transformed, to want to live newly and see the world newly.
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