Henry Miller’s landmark travel book, now reissued in a new edition, is ready to be stuffed into any vagabond’s backpack.
Like the ancient colossus that stood over the harbor of Rhodes, Henry Miller’s The Colossus of Maroussi stands as a seminal classic in travel literature. It has preceded the footsteps of prominent travel writers such as Pico Iyer and Rolf Potts. The book Mil...
Henry Miller’s landmark travel book, now reissued in a new edition, is ready to be stuffed into any vagabond’s backpack.
Like the ancient colossus that stood over the harbor of Rhodes, Henry Miller’s The Colossus of Maroussi stands as a seminal classic in travel literature. It has preceded the footsteps of prominent travel writers such as Pico Iyer and Rolf Potts. The book Miller would later cite as his favorite began with a young woman’s seductive description of Greece. Miller headed out with his friend Lawrence Durrell to explore the Grecian countryside: a flock of sheep nearly tramples the two as they lie naked on a beach; the Greek poet Katsmbalis, the “colossus” of Miller’s book, stirs every rooster within earshot of the Acropolis with his own loud crowing; cold hard-boiled eggs are warmed in a village’s single stove, and they stay in hotels that “have seen better days, but which have an aroma of the past.”
HENRY MILLER (1891-1980) was an American writer and painter infamous for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of "novel" that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is distinctly always about and expressive of the real-life Henry Miller and yet is also fict...
HENRY MILLER (1891-1980) was an American writer and painter infamous for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of "novel" that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is distinctly always about and expressive of the real-life Henry Miller and yet is also fictional. His most characteristic works of this kind are "Tropic of Cancer," "Tropic of Capricorn," and "Black Spring." His books were banned in the United States for their lewd content until 1964 when a court ruling overturned this order, acknowledging Miller’s work as literature in what became one of the most celebrated victories of the sexual revolution.
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中国人民大学出版社2004版
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通过Erica Jong的米勒传记知道这本书的，看完一遍以后迫不及待的开始看第二遍，也特别理解为啥Erica盛赞这本书。之前看过米勒6本小说，基本上涵盖了他在纽约和巴黎的生活，但是在这本书里丝毫看不到任何纽约和巴黎的那些个米勒，没有调侃和玩世不恭。感觉这次旅行对他一生的影响至关重大。看完这本书并不会有马上动身去希腊的想法，对于米勒来说，这次旅行的目的地是希腊还是印度或是中国应该都无所谓的，他需要借... 通过Erica Jong的米勒传记知道这本书的，看完一遍以后迫不及待的开始看第二遍，也特别理解为啥Erica盛赞这本书。之前看过米勒6本小说，基本上涵盖了他在纽约和巴黎的生活，但是在这本书里丝毫看不到任何纽约和巴黎的那些个米勒，没有调侃和玩世不恭。感觉这次旅行对他一生的影响至关重大。看完这本书并不会有马上动身去希腊的想法，对于米勒来说，这次旅行的目的地是希腊还是印度或是中国应该都无所谓的，他需要借助一个远离美国文明的地方向内寻找世界，正如那句经常被游子们说的话：我需要远离故乡去爱上故乡，这里故乡可以换成父母或者什么别的。对于米勒来说，他需要远离世界甚至整个现实宇宙去热爱生命。书中的米勒即是每个细胞都融入了希腊的山川和人群，同时又极端地出离，冷眼洞察这一切背后的规律和意义。 (展开)