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"The Colossus of Maroussi is enchanting — and so, by extension, is Henry Miller, as the book's exuberant, irrepressible protagonist. The book is a love letter to Greece, both a travelogue and a character study.... Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This book about Greece, by the author of Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn is incandescent with his feeling for a great people and their past. Review:"It doesn't seem far from a miracle to me, the emergence of as friendly and joyful a book." Paul Rosenfeld Review:"The Colossus of Maroussi is probably unlike anything else ever written about Greece before....[Miller] is a natural born writer, and he sees things as nobody else sees them." Edmund Wilson Synopsis:'Henry Miller\"s landmark travel book, now reissued in a new edition, is ready to be stuffed into any vagabond\"s backpack.\n ' Synopsis:'Like the ancient colossus that stood over the harbor of Rhodes, Henry Miller\"s The Colossus of Maroussistands 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.\'' About the AuthorHenry Miller (1891-1980) was an American writer and painter infamous for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of "novel" that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is distinctly always about and expressive of the real-life Henry Miller and yet is also fictional. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, and Black Spring. His books were banned in the United States for their lewd content until 1964 when a court ruling overturned this order, acknowledging Miller's work as literature in what became one of the most celebrated victories of the sexual revolution. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment: 
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