Tropic of Cancer

Name: Tropic of Cancer
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780141399133
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By Henry Miller

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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Tropic of Cancer, set in Paris, is a semi-autobiographical novel by Henry Miller that delves into the life of an expatriate writer. The narrative is a candid exploration of poverty, relationships, and the pursuit of artistic freedom, marked by its stream-of-consciousness style and provocative reflections on society.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy candid and provocative narratives that explore the human condition with raw honesty. It's a daring and semi-autobiographical glimpse into the bohemian lifestyle of a struggling writer in 1930s Paris, blending introspection with a vivid experience of life’s unfiltered realities.

Tropic of Cancer

Banned in the US and the UK for more than thirty years because it was considered pornographic, this book features a starving American writer who lives a bohemian life among prostitutes, pimps, and artists.

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Shocking, banned and the subject of obscenity trials, Miller's first novel is a Penguin Modern Classic for the first time.

One of the most scandalous and influential books of the 20th century, Tropic of Cancer redefined the novel. Set in Paris in the 1930s, it features a starving American writer who lives a bohemian life among prostitutes, pimps, and artists.

Promptly banned in the US and the UK because it was considered pornographic, Tropic of Cancer continued to be distributed in France and smuggled into other countries. When it was first published in the US in 1961, it led to more than 60 obscenity trials until a historic ruling by the Supreme Court defined it as a work of literature.

Long hailed as a truly liberating book, daring and uncompromising, Tropic of Cancer is a cornerstone of modern literature that asks us to reconsider everything we know about art, freedom, and morality.

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Tropic of Cancer is hailed as a transformative work in modern literature, praised for its bold and unfiltered narrative style. Ezra Pound and Samuel Beckett commend it for its daring and revolutionary impact on writing. Norman Mailer views it as a significant novel of the century that altered consciousness akin to the way Hemingway's work did. George Orwell finds the text relatable and intimate, perceiving it as an honest, humbug-free dialogue with the reader, while Erica Jong credits it with fundamentally altering the course of American literature.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141399133

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 June 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 208g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Henry Miller (1891-1980) is one of the most important American writers of the 20th century. His best-known novels include Tropic of Cancer (1934), Tropic of Capricorn (1939), and the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy (Sexus, 1949, Plexus, 1953, and Nexus, 1959), all published in France and banned in the US and the UK until 1964. He is widely recognised as an irreverent, risk-taking writer who redefined the novel and made the link between the European avant-garde and the American Beat generation.