Quiet Days in Clichy
by:
Henry Miller (author)
This tender and nostalgic work dates from the same period as Tropic of Cancer (1934). It is a celebration of love, art, and the Bohemian life at a time when the world was simpler and slower, and Miller an obscure, penniless young writer in Paris. Whether discussing the early days of his long...
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This tender and nostalgic work dates from the same period as Tropic of Cancer (1934). It is a celebration of love, art, and the Bohemian life at a time when the world was simpler and slower, and Miller an obscure, penniless young writer in Paris. Whether discussing the early days of his long friendship with Alfred Perles or his escapades at the Club Melody brothel, in Quiet Days in Clichy Miller describes a period that would shape his entire life and oeuvre.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780802130167 (080213016X)
Publish date: January 13th 1994
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages no: 154
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Erotica,
Modern Classics,
Sexuality,
Roman
Quiet Days in Clichy - there is nothing quiet about Miller's days in Clichy. Henry Miller is my 'one author who affected me the most' (and I am not using the word influenced on purpose). I've read and reread his novels countless times, always finding new meanings, hidden messages, obscure sentences ...
Oh Henry, you naughty naughty devil, you...