a sesquipedalian henry miller reading list
Explore a sesquipedalian Henry Miller reading list featuring his favorite books. Discover the eclectic literary tastes of the iconic writer in this curated collection.
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Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller
The account of a young writer and his friends in free-wheeling Paris.
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Tropic of Capricorn
by Henry Miller
A vicious social commentary of the times and culture of the 1920's New York City.
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Black Spring
by Henry Miller
Ten autobiographical pieces that take Miller from his childhood in Brooklyn to literary life in Paris.
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The Colossus of Maroussi
by Henry Miller
The author's quest for spiritual renewal is illuminated in descriptions of his impressions of Greece and its people.
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The Air-conditioned Nightmare
by Henry Miller
His stories and essays celebrate those rare individuals (famous and obscure) whose creative resilience and mere existence oppose the mechanization of minds and souls.
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Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
by Henry Miller
Tells the story of Miller's life on Big Sur, a section of California coast where he lived for fifteen years.
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Stand Still Like the Hummingbird
by Henry Miller
One of Henry Miller's most luminous statements of his personal philosophy of life, Stand Still Like the Hummingbird, provides a symbolic title for this collection …
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Quiet Days in Clichy
by Henry Miller
"Quiet Days in Clichy is a novella written by Henry Miller. It is based on his experience as a Parisian expatriate in the early 1930s, …
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The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus
by Henry Miller
The first book of a trilogy of novels known collectively as "The Rosy Crucifixion." It is autobiographical and tells the story of Miller's first tempestuous …
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The Rosy Crucifixion: Plexus
by Henry Miller
The second novel of Miller's frank, autobiographical trilogy continues to use fantasy, dream, and burlesque to portray the life of a struggling writer in pre-World …
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The Rosy Crucifixion: Nexus
by Henry Miller
The final novel of Miller's frank, autobiographical trilogy continues to use burlesque, fantasy and dream to portray the life of a struggling writer in pre-World …
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The Time of the Assassins
by Henry Miller
This study is not literary criticism but a fascinating chapter in Miller's own spiritual autobiography. The social function of the creative personality is a recurrent …
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