Henry Miller

Der Autor der vielumstrittenen "Wendekreis"-Bücher bekennt sich hier mit leidenschaftlicher Diesseitsfrömmigkeit zu einem Leben fern aller Zivilisation, in ursprünglichem Einverständnis von Mensch und Natur, wie er selbst es lange Jahre in bizarrer Einöde an der kalifornischen Küste im Kreise von Künstlern, Intellektuellen und gleichgesinnten Originalen verwirklichte.

Henry Millers berühmtes Griechenland-Buch entstand 1940, nachdem er im Jahr zuvor fünf Reisemonate in dem mythenträchtigen Land verbracht hatte. Ein faszinierender Erfahrungsbericht, in dem die archaische Landschaft, die Welt der klassischen Mythen von der wilden Phantasie Millers neu belebt und durchtränkt wird. Zugleich liest sich sein Buch als das Dokument eines Reinigungsprozesses, an dessen Ende Miller etwas von der Heimat und dem Frieden erfährt, den zu finden sein ruheloser Geist ausgezogen war.

Some writers attempt to conceal the literary influences which have shaped their thinking--but not Henry Miller. In The Books in My Life he shares the thrills of discovery that many kinds of books have brought to a keenly curious and questioning mind. Some of Miller's favorite writers are the giants whom most of us revere--authors such as Dostoeyvsky, Boccaccio, Walt Whitman, James Joyce, Thomas Mann, Lao-Tse. To them he brings fresh and penetrating insights. But many are lesser-known figures: Krishnamurti, the prophet-sage; the French contemporaries Blaise Cendrars and Jean Giono; Richard Jeffries, who wrote The Story of My Heart; the Welshman John Cowper Powys; and scores of others. The Books in My Life contains some fine autobiographical chapters, too. Miller describes his boyhood in Brooklyn, when he devoured the historical stories of G. A. Henty and the romances of Rider Haggard. He tells of the men and women whom he regards as "living books" Lou Jacobs, W. E. B. DuBois, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and others. He offers his reminiscences of the New York Theatre in the early 1900's--including plays such as Alias Jimmy Valentine and Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model. And finally, in Miller's best vein of humor, he provides a satiric chapter on bathroom reading. In an appendix, Miller lists the hundred books that have influenced him most.

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A collection of stories and excerpts from longer works.

Autobiograafilise romaani "Vähi pöörijoon" tegevustik leiab aset 1920ndate lõpu ja 1930ndate alguse Pariisis. Minategelane Henry Miller kirjeldab otsesõnu oma elu vaese kirjanikuna boheemlaste seltskonnas. Shokeerivalt avameelse sisu ja vulgaarse keelekasutuse taga peituvad lummavad mõtisklused Pariisist, kirjatööst ja inimolemusest. Autori enda sõnutsi kõneleb see raamat raamatu kirjutamisest. Henry Milleri (1891-1980) teos ilmus Prantsusmaal 1934. aastal, kaanel keeld raamatut Suurbritanniasse ja Ameerika Ühendriikidesse importida. Ameeriklasest autori kodumaal avaldati see aastal 1961, millele järgnes üle 60 tsiviil- ja kriminaalmenetluse. Hagemismaratoni lõpetas USA ülemkohtu otsus 1964. aastal - alles 30 aastat pärast esmaväljaannet võis romaani ametlikult avaldada ja müüa. Järelsõna on kirjutanud Indrek Männiste. Teos on olnud Ameerika Ühendriikides, Kanadas, Austraalias ja Lõuna- Aafrikas keelu all. Sari "Keelatud klassika" hõlmab kirjanduslikke tippteoseid, mis on olnud ühel või teisel ajal eri riikides keelatud. Neid raamatuid on peetud ja peetakse paiguti siiani poliitilistel või moraalsetel põhjustel avaldamise jaoks sobimatuks. Sari kutsub üles mõtisklema sõnavabaduse teemal ja tähistab meie õigust lugeda. Eelmisena ilmunud: Aldous Huxley, "Hea uus ilm" Shahrnush Parsipur, "Meesteta naised"

Over the course of seven decades, Twinka Thiebaud has collaborated with thirty artists working in photography, painting, and drawing. This catalogue explores her body of work as an artist’s model alongside developments in photographic techniques and technology, and the role of nature in defining West Coast experimentation. This is the first book to highlight Twinka Thiebaud’s long career and influence as an artist’s model, while also exploring the artistic processes of numerous West Coast-based artists working today. Comprised of 120 paintings, drawings, and photographs that date from the 1940s through 2021, this catalogue’s essays and interview investigate the body/nature relationship in photographs of Thiebaud from the 1970s and 2000s, and her collaborations with such artists as Judy Dater and John Reiff Williams.

Laziness in the Fertile Valley is Albert Cossery’s biting social satire about a father, his three sons, and their uncle — slackers one and all. One brother has been sleeping for almost seven years, waking only to use the bathroom and eat a meal. Another savagely defends the household from women. Serag, the youngest, is the only member of the family interested in getting a job. But even he — try as he might — has a hard time resisting the call of laziness.

Title: Some account of the Parish of Ashbury in Berkshire, etc. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF BRITAIN & IRELAND collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. As well as historical works, this collection includes geographies, travelogues, and titles covering periods of competition and cooperation among the people of Great Britain and Ireland. Works also explore the countries' relations with France, Germany, the Low Countries, Denmark, and Scandinavia. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Miller, Henry; 1877. 8 . 10347.c.1.(5.)

Henry Millerin myöhäisvuosien pääteos. Kirjailija aloitti Ystävien kirjan kirjoittamisen vuonna 1973. Tarkoituksena oli luoda kunnianosoitus ihmisille, jotka eri aikoina olivat olleet kirjailijan ystäviä ja joista useimmat olivat yleisölle täysin tuntemattomia. Ystävien kirja on trilogia, jonka ensimmäinen osa on nyt käsillä. "Kun sanon ystäviä, tarkoitan "ystäviä". Ei kuka tahansa voi olla ystäväsi. Sen on oltava joku, joka on yhtä lähellä kuin ihosi, joku joka tuo elämääsi väriä, draamaa ja merkitystä. Jotain rakkauden tuolta puolen, mutta silti sisältäen rakkauden. "

Av alla de berättelser jag skrivit är denna kanske den märkligaste.» Så inleder den amerikanske författaren Henry Miller (18911980) sin epilog till den poetiska fabel om Auguste, clownen som ville skänka sin publik evig glädje, skriven 1948 på beställning av den franske målaren Fernand Léger till en bildsvit med cirkusmotiv.» Låt ingen tro att jag spekulerade fram hela historien! Jag har bara berättat den som jag kände den, bara som den avslöjade sig för mig bit för bit. Den är min och den är inte min // Hittills har alla mina gestalter varit verkliga, tagna ur livet, mitt eget liv. Auguste är unik i så motto att han kom ur det blå. Men vad är det blå som omger och innesluter oss om inte verkligheten själv?" "...denna lilla juvel i 1900-talslitteraturens tätnande dunkel." / Svenska Dagbladet

Om den franske digter Rimbaud (1854-1891) og om digtekunsten

Few topics have inspired as much international furor and misinformation as the development and distribution of genetically altered foods. For thousands of years, farmers have bred crops for their resistance to disease, productivity, and nutritional value; and over the past century, scientists have used increasingly more sophisticated methods for modifying them at the genetic level. But only since the 1970s have advances in biotechnology (or gene-splicing to be more precise) upped the ante, with the promise of dramatically improved agricultural products—and public resistance far out of synch with the potential risks. In this provocative and meticulously researched book, Henry Miller and Gregory Conko trace the origins of gene-splicing, its applications, and the backlash from consumer groups and government agencies against so-called Frankenfoods—from America to Zimbabwe. They explain how a happy conspiracy of anti-technology activism, bureaucratic over-reach, and business lobbying has resulted in a regulatory framework in which there is an inverse relationship between the degree of product risk and degree of regulatory scrutiny. The net result, they argue, is a combination of public confusion, political manipulation, ill-conceived regulation (from such agencies as the USDA, EPA, and FDA), and ultimately, the obstruction of one of the safest and most promising technologies ever developed—with profoundly negative consequences for the environment and starving people around the world. The authors go on to suggest a way to emerge from this morass, proposing a variety of business and policy reforms that can unlock the potential of this cutting-edge science, while ensuring appropriate safeguards and moving environmentally friendly products into the hands of farmers and consumers. This book is guaranteed to fuel the ongoing debate over the future of biotech and its cultural, economic, and political implications.