Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch

Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
Author: Henry Miller
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1957-01-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0811219704

In his great triptych "The Millennium," Bosch used oranges and other fruits to symbolize the delights of Paradise. In his great triptych “The Millennium,” Bosch used oranges and other fruits to symbolize the delights of Paradise. Whence Henry Miller’s title for this, one of his most appealing books; first published in 1957, it tells the story of Miller’s life on the Big Sur, a section of the California coast where he lived for fifteen years. Big Sur is the portrait of a place—one of the most colorful in the United States—and of the extraordinary people Miller knew there: writers (and writers who did not write), mystics seeking truth in meditation (and the not-so-saintly looking for sex-cults or celebrity), sophisticated children and adult innocents; geniuses, cranks and the unclassifiable, like Conrad Moricand, the “Devil in Paradise” who is one of Miller’s greatest character studies. Henry Miller writes with a buoyancy and brimming energy that are infectious. He has a fine touch for comedy. But this is also a serious book—the testament of a free spirit who has broken through the restraints and clichés of modern life to find within himself his own kind of paradise.

Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch

Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
Author: Henry Miller
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1957
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780811201070

Big Sur is the portrait of a place--one of the most colorful in the U.S.--and of the extraordinary people Miller knew there: writers (& writers who didn't write), mystics seeking truth in meditation (& the not-so-saintly looking for sex-cults or celebrity), sophisticated children & adult innocents; geniuses, cranks & the unclassifiable. Henry Miller writes with a buoyancy & brimming energy that are infectious. He has a fine touch for comedy. But this is also a serious book--the testament of a free spirit who has broken through the restraints & cliches of modern life to find within himself his own kind of paradise.

The Colossus of Maroussi

The Colossus of Maroussi
Author: Henry Miller
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2010-05-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0811218570

Henry Miller’s landmark travel book, now reissued in a new edition, is ready to be stuffed into any vagabond’s backpack. Like the ancient colossus that stood over the harbor of Rhodes, Henry Miller’s The Colossus of Maroussi stands as a seminal classic in travel literature. It has preceded the footsteps of prominent travel writers such as Pico Iyer and Rolf Potts. The book Miller would later cite as his favorite began with a young woman’s seductive description of Greece. Miller headed out with his friend Lawrence Durrell to explore the Grecian countryside: a flock of sheep nearly tramples the two as they lie naked on a beach; the Greek poet Katsmbalis, the “colossus” of Miller’s book, stirs every rooster within earshot of the Acropolis with his own loud crowing; cold hard-boiled eggs are warmed in a village’s single stove, and they stay in hotels that “have seen better days, but which have an aroma of the past.”

The Henry Miller Reader

The Henry Miller Reader
Author: Henry Miller
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1969
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780811201117

A collection of works spanning the entire career of great 20th-century American writer Henry Miller, edited and introduced by Lawrence Durrell.

The Books in My Life

The Books in My Life
Author: Henry Miller
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1969
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780811201087

In this unique work, Henry Miller gives an utterly candid and self-revealing account of the reading he did during his formative years.

My Nepenthe

My Nepenthe
Author: Romney Steele
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2009-11-17
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0740779141

The author reflects on the history of her family's California restaurant, Nepenthe, and her experiences growing up there; and provides eighty-five recipes and photographs.

The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder

The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder
Author: Henry Miller
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1958
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780811205566

Henry Miller called The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder his "most singular story."

A Devil in Paradise

A Devil in Paradise
Author: Henry Miller
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 126
Release: 1993
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780811212441

"A perfect expression of Miller's moral perspective as well as one of his outstanding demonstrations of narrative skill. It provides a wonderful cinematic view of two indomitable egotists in deadly conflict." --The Nation

The Wisdom of the Heart

The Wisdom of the Heart
Author: Henry Miller
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2016-12-20
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0811222365

An essential collection of writings, bursting with Henry Miller’s exhilarating candor and wisdom In this selection of stories and essays, Henry Miller elucidates, revels, and soars, showing his command over a wide range of moods, styles, and subject matters. Writing “from the heart,” always with a refreshing lack of reticence, Miller involves the reader directly in his thoughts and feelings. “His real aim,” Karl Shapiro has written, “is to find the living core of our world whenever it survives and in whatever manifestation, in art, in literature, in human behavior itself. It is then that he sings, praises, and shouts at the top of his lungs with the uncontainable hilarity he is famous for.” Here are some of Henry Miller’s best-known writings: an essay on the photographer Brassai; “Reflections on Writing,” in which Miller examines his own position as a writer; “Seraphita” and “Balzac and His Double,” on the works of other writers; and “The Alcoholic Veteran,” “Creative Death,” “The Enormous Womb,” and “The Philosopher Who Philosophizes.”