I needed a good mental fucking and this book delivered again.I read this as a teenager and loved it, but have always been a little dubious about whether it would live up to re-reading, but 15 years later, and having roamed Paris a little myself, drunk and sober, it is even better. (While there I to...
I've downgraded my rating to 4-stars -- that is a personal victory for me - the triumph of understanding over nostalgia... (not always one of my strengths....). At any rate, I see now that Miller in this book fashioned himself (Anais Nin always said he wasn't nearly as much of a cad as he tried to m...
I liked the novel, though I struggled with it a bit. I can easily understand why it was banned for so many years. What I really liked about Miller is the unique way he smells and feels the Paris of 1930’s. There are some really delightful passages and I have the feeling that only a foreigner could h...
I didn't much like it, since it seems to be entirely about Miller's sexually fantasies. But I can't imagine asking it to be removed from the shelves anywhere.
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