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great condition but with no dust jacket. book has never been read. very nice clean copy.
135 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1971
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Henry Miller
914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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July 19, 2017
噩賲賷賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘貙 兀爻賱賵亘賴 丕賱爻賱爻 賷卮毓乇賰賻 兀賳賰賻 鬲賯乇兀 賵 賯胤毓丞 爻賰乇 鬲匕賵亘 賮賷 賮賲賰
February 22, 2018
丕賱丨賷丕丞 賲賳 夭丕賵賷丞 賲禺鬲賱賮丞賵賮賷 賴賷卅丞 賰鬲丕亘
August 18, 2013
One might well ask why Henry Miller's "My Life and Times" was even published, seeing as the majority of his previous books were autobiographical. Well, this is not a traditional autobiography.
First, it's a coffee table book, printed on heavy, creamy paper, and lavishly illustrated with silvery black-and-white photographs of Miller, his family, friends, and haunts, his manuscripts, and his book outlines, as well as color photographs of his lovely paintings.
Second, it doesn't follow the usual format for an autobiography. True, there's a detailed chronology of the major and minor events of Miller's life printed on the end-papers, but the main body of the text is taken from the transcripts of interviews with Miller conducted by the book's principal photographer and designer, and it loosely covers seven chapters ("Now," "Writing," "Big Sur," Painting," "Paris," "Paris Revisited," and "Childhood"). As such, the style of the text is breezy and conversational, with lots of practical wisdom tucked in here and there.
All that said, I think the book would better suit an established Miller fan who's read some of Miller's books and knows something about his life, rather than a beginner who is seeking an introduction to the writer's life and thought.
Miller has long had a reputation as a writer of sex and smut, but to be honest, that's not what I like about him. Indeed, the sexual material in his books bores me. But if you're willing to stick with him, to lash yourself to the mast and ride out the sometimes bewildering storms of his many digressions, you'll find great wisdom in his work. By the final decades of his life he had become a sage, a very centered, self-actualized old man who understood how to live, how to appreciate life, and how to be a good friend.
First, it's a coffee table book, printed on heavy, creamy paper, and lavishly illustrated with silvery black-and-white photographs of Miller, his family, friends, and haunts, his manuscripts, and his book outlines, as well as color photographs of his lovely paintings.
Second, it doesn't follow the usual format for an autobiography. True, there's a detailed chronology of the major and minor events of Miller's life printed on the end-papers, but the main body of the text is taken from the transcripts of interviews with Miller conducted by the book's principal photographer and designer, and it loosely covers seven chapters ("Now," "Writing," "Big Sur," Painting," "Paris," "Paris Revisited," and "Childhood"). As such, the style of the text is breezy and conversational, with lots of practical wisdom tucked in here and there.
All that said, I think the book would better suit an established Miller fan who's read some of Miller's books and knows something about his life, rather than a beginner who is seeking an introduction to the writer's life and thought.
Miller has long had a reputation as a writer of sex and smut, but to be honest, that's not what I like about him. Indeed, the sexual material in his books bores me. But if you're willing to stick with him, to lash yourself to the mast and ride out the sometimes bewildering storms of his many digressions, you'll find great wisdom in his work. By the final decades of his life he had become a sage, a very centered, self-actualized old man who understood how to live, how to appreciate life, and how to be a good friend.
October 22, 2017
賴賳乇賷 賲賷賱賱乇貙 賷乇賵賷. 毓賳賵丕賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賷賲孬賱 鬲賲丕賲賸丕 賲丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷噩丿賴 丕賱賯丕乇卅 亘丿丕禺賱賴. 賷鬲囟賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 禺賱丕氐丞 丨賵丕乇丕鬲 兀賯丕賲賴丕 亘乇丕丿賱賷 爻賲賷孬 賲毓 賲賷賱賱乇 禺賱丕賱 孬賲丕賳賷丞 毓卮乇 卮賴乇賸丕貙 亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 亘毓囟 丕賱兀噩夭丕亍 賲賳 丕賱賵孬丕卅賯賷 丕賱禺丕氐 亘丨賷丕丞 賴賳乇賷 賲賷賱賱乇 "兀賵丿賷爻丞 賴賳乇賷 賲賷賱賱乇". 賵賯丿 賯丕賲 亘乇丕丿賱賷 爻賲賷孬 亘噩毓賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 兀賰孬乇 廿賲鬲丕毓賸丕 毓亘乇 鬲賯爻賷賲賴 丨爻亘 賲賵丕囟賷毓 賲毓賷賳丞 賮賷 佴 賮氐賵賱. "丕賱丌賳- 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞- 亘賷睾 爻賵乇- 丕賱乇爻賲- 亘丕乇賷爻- 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞".
毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 兀賳 賯氐丞 丨賷丕丞 賲賷賱賱乇 賲鬲賵丕噩丿丞 賮賷 賰鬲亘賴貙 丨爻亘 賯賵賱賴. 廿賱丕 兀賳賴 賲賳 丕賱賲賲鬲毓 噩丿賸丕 兀賳 鬲賯乇兀 賴賳乇賷 賲賷賱賱乇貙 賲鬲丨丿孬賸丕 毓賳 賳賮爻賴 丿賵賳賲丕 廿囟丕賮丕鬲賺 兀丿亘賷丞.
毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 兀賳 賯氐丞 丨賷丕丞 賲賷賱賱乇 賲鬲賵丕噩丿丞 賮賷 賰鬲亘賴貙 丨爻亘 賯賵賱賴. 廿賱丕 兀賳賴 賲賳 丕賱賲賲鬲毓 噩丿賸丕 兀賳 鬲賯乇兀 賴賳乇賷 賲賷賱賱乇貙 賲鬲丨丿孬賸丕 毓賳 賳賮爻賴 丿賵賳賲丕 廿囟丕賮丕鬲賺 兀丿亘賷丞.
March 21, 2013
Hard to describe this one. It's an illustrated autobiography based on a series of conversations and interviews with Henry Miller around his 80th birthday. It's also part scrapbook with edited manuscript pages from Tropic of Cancer, scribblings and hand written notes and lists, commentary on Miller's paintings, and anecdotes about friends, wives, and lovers. Starts in the present (of 1970) and ends with his childhood. The chapter on "Writing" is the best-- opinionated and insightful and very funny in spots.
September 5, 2020
Fascinating! One of my most coveted books. My edition is a beautiful bright blue linen with gilt print in a dust jacket by Playboy Press. I love this book! Wonderful illustrations in color and black and white from 1891 to 1948. He tells all... with many remarks from friends and family and hundreds of photos!
November 3, 2012
enjoyable monologue by wacky artist, writer and lover of snooker and blondes or asians
January 12, 2019
sits on my coffee table and always will. next best thing to visiting miller鈥檚 cabin in big sur, and i鈥檝e visited miller鈥檚 cabin in big sur.
October 2, 2023
Surprised to have come across this coffee table sized book - enjoyable autobiographical read
February 10, 2024
My love for Henry Miller is as shameless as he was in his personhood.
Shelved as '賱賳-兀賯乇兀賴丕-兀賵-賱賳-兀賰賲賱賴丕'
June 11, 2022賱賳 兀賰賲賱賴.. 亘賱 爻兀丨乇賾賯賴.
賮賷 賲賯丿賲丞 賰賱丕賲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 賰賱丕賲 爻賷亍 賯亘賷丨 毓賳 丕賱賱賴 毓夭 賵噩賱 賵睾乇賵乇 賵鬲賰亘乇 毓賳 毓亘丕丿鬲賴.. 賱丕 兀丿乇賷 賱賲 賷睾卮 賲毓馗賲 丕賱賯乇丕亍 丕賱賲爻賱賲賵賳 賵賱丕 賷匕賰乇賵賳 賴匕丕 賱廿禺賵丕賳賴賲 毓賱賶 爻亘賷賱 丕賱賳氐賷丨丞 賵丕賱賮丕卅丿丞.. 兀賴丕賳 毓賱賷賰賲 乇亘賰賲 兀賲丕賲 賱匕丞 丕賱兀丿亘 賵丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 廿賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱丨丿 責 賱丕 亘丕乇賰 丕賱賱賴 賮賷 賯乇丕亍丞 賲賳 賱丕 賷亘丕賱賷 亘丕賱廿卮丕乇丞 賱賱賰賮乇 賵丕賱夭賳丿賯丞.. 賵賱賷爻 丕賱賰賱丕賲 賴賳丕 毓賳 賰鬲亘 丕賱賰賮丕乇 賵丌丿丕亘賴賲 毓丕賲丞貙 賵廿賳賲丕 毓賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賮賷賴丕 爻亘 賱賱廿賱賴 賵廿爻丕亍丞 賱賱兀丿亘 賲毓 噩賱丕賱賴 賵丨丕卮丕賴.. 丨鬲賶 賱賵 賰丕賳鬲 賰鬲亘 毓乇亘.
賮賷 賲賯丿賲丞 賰賱丕賲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 賰賱丕賲 爻賷亍 賯亘賷丨 毓賳 丕賱賱賴 毓夭 賵噩賱 賵睾乇賵乇 賵鬲賰亘乇 毓賳 毓亘丕丿鬲賴.. 賱丕 兀丿乇賷 賱賲 賷睾卮 賲毓馗賲 丕賱賯乇丕亍 丕賱賲爻賱賲賵賳 賵賱丕 賷匕賰乇賵賳 賴匕丕 賱廿禺賵丕賳賴賲 毓賱賶 爻亘賷賱 丕賱賳氐賷丨丞 賵丕賱賮丕卅丿丞.. 兀賴丕賳 毓賱賷賰賲 乇亘賰賲 兀賲丕賲 賱匕丞 丕賱兀丿亘 賵丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 廿賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱丨丿 責 賱丕 亘丕乇賰 丕賱賱賴 賮賷 賯乇丕亍丞 賲賳 賱丕 賷亘丕賱賷 亘丕賱廿卮丕乇丞 賱賱賰賮乇 賵丕賱夭賳丿賯丞.. 賵賱賷爻 丕賱賰賱丕賲 賴賳丕 毓賳 賰鬲亘 丕賱賰賮丕乇 賵丌丿丕亘賴賲 毓丕賲丞貙 賵廿賳賲丕 毓賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賮賷賴丕 爻亘 賱賱廿賱賴 賵廿爻丕亍丞 賱賱兀丿亘 賲毓 噩賱丕賱賴 賵丨丕卮丕賴.. 丨鬲賶 賱賵 賰丕賳鬲 賰鬲亘 毓乇亘.
April 25, 2008
For Miller fans, this book is almost TOO fun. Note the (illustrated) story about how hanging around with hot nude women sixty years his junior has helped improve Henry Miller's pool game.
March 26, 2017
噩丿丕賸 兀丨亘亘鬲 氐乇丕丨鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱爻乇丿 賵丕賱鬲毓亘賷乇 毓賳 賳賮爻賴 賵丌乇丕亍賴 賵兀賮賰丕乇賴 賲賴賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 賲噩賳賵賳丞 亘賰賱 賵囟賵丨 賵孬賯丞.
賵賱賰賳 丨鬲賶 賲毓 鬲賵賮賷乇 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱夭賲賳賷 賱賱爻賷乇丞 禺乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 賲丕 夭賱鬲 兀噩丿 氐毓賵亘丞 賮賷 乇亘胤 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丨賷孬 兀賳 丕賱兀夭賲賳丞 賮賷 丕賱爻乇丿 鬲鬲丿丕禺賱 亘卮賰賱 賲購卮鬲鬲.
賵賱賰賳 丨鬲賶 賲毓 鬲賵賮賷乇 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱夭賲賳賷 賱賱爻賷乇丞 禺乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 賲丕 夭賱鬲 兀噩丿 氐毓賵亘丞 賮賷 乇亘胤 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丨賷孬 兀賳 丕賱兀夭賲賳丞 賮賷 丕賱爻乇丿 鬲鬲丿丕禺賱 亘卮賰賱 賲購卮鬲鬲.
January 28, 2018
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