Tropic of Capricorn, Henry Miller
Tropic of Capricorn, Henry Miller
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Tropic of Capricorn

Author: Henry Miller

Narrator: Campbell Scott

Unabridged: 12 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Caedmon

Published: 05/05/2009

Synopsis

""American literature today begins and ends with the meaning of what Miller has done."" — Lawrence Durrell""There is nothing like Miller when he gets rolling. . . . One has to take the language back to Marlowe and Shakespeare before encountering a wealth of imagery equal in intensity."" — Norman MailerBanned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion book to Miller's Tropic of Cancer is a semi-autobiographical novel that chronicles Miller’s life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn's neighborhoods and Miller's outrageous sexual exploits—from his teenage affair with a piano teacher twice his age to his tumultuous marriages—Tropic of Capricorn is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature. The audiobook is narrated by acclaimed actor Campbell Scott.

About Henry Miller

Henry Valentine Miller was born in New York City in 1891 and raised in Brooklyn. He lived in Europe, particularly Paris, Berlin, the south of France, and Greece; in New York; and in Beverly Glen, Big Sur, and Pacific Palisades, California where he died in 1980. He is also the author, among many other works, of Tropic of Capricorn, the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy (Sexus, Plexus, Nexus), and The Air-Conditioned Nightmare.

About Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott studied with Stella Adler and Geraldine Page, and appeared on Broadway in Long Day's Journey into Night, among other productions. His many films include Longtime Companion, Singles, Music and Lyrics, and Big Night, which he co-directed.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on August 20, 2024

Henry Miller is grotesquely farcical and cynically truthful… What does it take to become a writer? First of all a person must find one’s true self. And the process of searching can be very cynical. And true selves can be very different. Everything that happens, when it has significance, is in the natu......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on January 17, 2020

"I am so thoroughly healthy and empty. No dreams, no desires. I am like the luscious deceptive fruit which hangs on the Californian trees. One more ray of sun and I will be rotten." Henry Miller The first thing, if you are lucky, that you discover about Henry Miller is that you shouldn't introduce......more

Goodreads review by Dmitry on September 28, 2024

The concluding novel of the trilogy, Tropic of Capricorn, continues the tradition of fierce, anarchic prose that began with Tropic of Cancer and Black Spring. This novel is a chaotic, autobiographical stream of consciousness, filled with reflections on life, art, sexuality, and philosophy. Miller's......more

Goodreads review by Vincenzo on February 18, 2021

1. Bisogna leggere capolavori 1.1 - Un mio amico dice che lui legge solo capolavori. Se si parla di cinema, dice che lui vede solo capolavori. Una volta gli ho chiesto: «Perché?». Lui ha risposto: «Perché esistono». 1.2 - Non so se sia possibile leggere o vedere solo capolavori. Forse la mente ha biso......more

Goodreads review by وائل on September 02, 2013

Although this novel less famous than tropic of Cancer - for example 8,174 ratings, 309 reviews against 26,082 ratings, 1,465 reviews in goodreads - But it's the better one. When i read Tropic of Cancer i were prepared to all the beauty in it, I read it many years ago translated into Arabic, read many......more

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