Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (Paperback)

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 cliches of modern life to find within himself his own kind of paradise.

General

Imprint:	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1957
First published:	1957
Authors:	Henry Miller
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	404
ISBN-13:	978-0-8112-0107-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-8112-0107-4
Barcode:	9780811201070

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