First published in 1959, this touching fable tells of Auguste, a
famous clown who could make people laugh but who sought to impart
to his audiences a lasting joy. Originally inspired by a series of
circus and clown drawings by the cubist painter Femand Leger,
Miller eventually used his own decorations to accompany the text in
their stead. "Undoubtedly," he says in his explanatory epilogue,
Degrees'it is the strangest story I have yet written. . . . No,
more even than all the stories which I based on fact and experience
is this one the truth. My whole aim in writing has been to tell the
truth, as I know it. Heretofore all my characters have been real,
taken from life, my own life. Auguste is unique in that he came
from the blue. But what is this blue which surrounds and envelopes
us if not reality itself? . . . We have only to open our eyes and
hearts, to become one with that which is."
General
| Imprint: |
New Directions Publishing Corporation
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 1974 |
| First published: |
1959 |
| Authors: |
Henry Miller
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| Dimensions: |
201 x 130 x 5mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
48 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8112-0556-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-8112-0556-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780811205566 |
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