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Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch

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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 California coast where he lived for fifteen years.

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 (and writers who didn't 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.

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.

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1957

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Format
400 pages, Paperback
Published
January 17, 1957 by New Directions
ISBN
9780811201070
ASIN
0811201074
Language
English

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nickharold
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March 26,2025
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Meandering and pretentious. This book had enough evocative descriptions and trenchant observations to make me want to finish it but it also had so much nonsense that it was a struggle not to give up midway.
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reversereality
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March 26,2025
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I loved this book. It went with me to one of my most memorable travels to the northern part of Pakistan (chitral) where I spent 10 days alone, not being able to part with this book. you can read my blog about it as well:
http://yogini786.wordpress.com/2011/0...
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pikachu34
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March 26,2025
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Just an excellent and happy feel book about Henry Miller's life in the US, his philosophical views on life, writing, visitors galore (many with presents), family and friends, etc.

I have most of his books but I definitely prefer this and also "The Colossus of Maroussi". With these two books one is able to enter into the soul of the man. Very enticing indeed...

This book has been added to my "favourites" book-case at home to join all the books of his friends Lawrence Durrell and Anais Nin.
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iora89
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March 26,2025
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kinda okay. the region must be visited, more than anything.
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Austin0404
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March 26,2025
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I really enjoyed this one, I like Miller's writing and with this book it just felt like I was hanging out with him at his cabin, having a drink and listening to him talk away. He is often brilliant, inspiring, sometimes he can be a total buffoon, I almost put the book down around mid-point after I had enough of some of his spiritual epiphanies. (He starts sounding like a new age guru, he even mentions dianetics a number of times.) But I'm glad I kept reading because the last section of the book "Paradise Lost" is excellent, with some his best writing, a gem.
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Yugane
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March 26,2025
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A very different side of Henry Miller. As in, he is not a complete asshole and was probably not wasted when he wrote it.
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