Henry Miller: The Paris Years

Synopsis

&“A wonderful portrait of Miller in his heyday: full of beans and braggadocio, overflowing with the lust to live and write.&”—Erica Jong His years in Paris were the making of Henry Miller. He arrived with no money, no fixed address, and no prospects. He left as the renowned if not notorious author of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. Miller didn&’t just live in Paris—he devoured it. It was a world he shared with Brassaï, whose work, first collected in Paris by Night, established him as one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century and the most exquisite and perceptive chronicler of Parisian vice. In Miller, Brassaï found his most compelling subject. Henry Miller: The Paris Years is an intimate account of a writer&’s self-discovery, seen through the unblinking eye of a master photographer. Brassaï delves into Miller&’s relationships with Anaïs Nin and Lawrence Durrell, as well as his hopelessly tangled though wildly inspiring marriage to June. He uncovers a side of the man scarcely known to the public, and through this careful portrait recreates a bright and swift-moving era. Most of all, Brassaï evokes their shared passion for the street life of the City of Light, captured in a dazzling moment of illumination.

Copyright:

2011

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

240 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781950994243

Publisher:

Arcade

Date of Addition:

02/08/23

Copyrighted By:

Gilberte Brassaï and Éditions Gallimard

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Travel, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Communication

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Translator:

Timothy Bent