henry·miller
Cosmological Eye
Douban
Henry Miller publishing house: New Directions Publishing Corporation 1969 - 6
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Dec. 16, 2021
这本书其实是Henry在自己的祖国出版的一本书,内容非常庞杂的一本集子。内容包括回忆,艺术评论,人物,梦境,对于美国社会的悲哀和抨击。印象最深的是Scenario,是他根据Nin的一篇小说(或者不是小说)有感而发写出来的非常迷幻的文字,整体上非常像Bosch的画,但是看的时候有种在看Moebius最疯狂的作品时的感觉,特别强烈的画面感和流动感。The Tailor Shop算是回忆性的文字,Miller年轻时候在他爸的裁缝店里帮忙时候,他爸爸周围的朋友和同事们的侧写,非常生动又加入了一些Miller式的疯狂叙事,尤其是最后的那部分。这书有些地方非常晦涩,不过熟悉了大概的内容之后又很想再看一遍。如果能把Scenario改编成图像小说应该会很精彩吧。
henry·miller 美国文学 评论 电影 回忆
Big Sur and the oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
Douban
Henry Miller publishing house: New Directions Publishing Corporation 1957 - 6
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 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 (& writers who didn't write), mystics seeking truth in meditation (& the not-so-saintly looking for sex-cults or celebrity), sophisticated children & adult innocents; geniuses, cranks & the unclassifiable. Henry Miller writes with a buoyancy & 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 & cliches of modern life to find within himself his own kind of paradise.
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Nov. 5, 2021
Erica Jong把米勒的北回归线,南回归线和The Colossus of Maroussi说成但丁的地狱、炼狱和天堂,在看完那本希腊游记以后才体会到她这个比喻的精妙,而这本希腊归来,战争之后的作品本该算是天堂生活了,而且米勒也确实在书里不止一次的把Big Sur称为天堂。不过这本书里写的生活,倒像是一个走下神坛的米勒,有很多生活带来的烦恼和牢骚,被孩子折磨的不知所措,尤其是最后一部分专门写那三个月收留Conrad Moricand的日子。肖申克的救赎结尾,Andy成功越狱,更是在世外桃源与老朋友Red重逢,电影结束,字幕升起,然而他们的生活还得继续,还得考虑油盐酱醋茶,米勒的这本书给我的就是这个感觉。不过当然米勒当然不会在意这些,他要的只是丰富的体验和真诚的感悟并且记录下来而已。
访客 henry·miller 生活 感悟 片断
The Colossus of Maroussi
Douban
Henry Miller publishing house: New Directions 1975 - 1
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.”
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Oct. 9, 2021
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。
henry·miller 思考 美国文学 感悟 游记
Tropic of Capricorn
Douban
Henry Miller publishing house: Harper Perennial 2005 - 5
Banned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller's Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn's ethnic neighborhoods and Miller's outrageous sexual exploits, The Tropic of Capricorn is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature.
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Aug. 25, 2021
似乎人们对北回归线的赞誉要更多一些,尤其Erica Jong,但是我跟附录里面那个James Frey一样,更喜欢这本,虽说两个Tropic都很精彩,不过这本小说更炸裂,而且相比巴黎的日子,纽约的生活其实更加混乱和疯狂,也就导致了更多更深层次的思考,里面很多混合了现实和梦境,颠倒了理智和疯狂的段落非常震撼。之前看过的Rosy Crucification根这本书其实说的是同一个时期的事,只是更详细琐碎,思考也很多,但那已经是时过境迁很久之后的作品了。这本书虽然写于巴黎之后,但是还带有那种滴血的快意。从生存的角度来看压力似乎没有巴黎那么大,但是巴黎的日子更像是悟出了什么之后的那种平静的隐逸生活。James Frey说他第一次读到这本书的时候一个月里看了四遍,我非常能理解这种感觉。
毁灭 henry·miller 思考 纽约 美国文学
Tropic of Cancer
Douban
Henry Miller publishing house: HarperPerennial 2005 - 5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer_(novel)
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July 26, 2021
可能之前先看了几本Henry别的小说,也看了Erica Jong写的传记,这本书并没有那么强烈的冲击之类的,反倒是有一种平静和净化的感觉。剥开这么多年贴在这本书上的层层标签,其实就是一段个人生活和思考的纪录而已,几乎没有任何功利心,我倒觉得本质上更像麦田里的守望者。至于色情之类的,除了用词和几小段或写实或戏虐的描写以外要是有人想要从中得到什么这方面的快感满足的话只能会适得其反。所以这本书的封面设计和封底上用禁书作为卖点完全跟后记里面想要表达的意思相反。"It was not the sex the puritans hated and feared. It was the abundance."
流浪 henry·miller 思考 美国文学 经典
The Devil at Large
Douban
Erica Jong publishing house: Random House, Inc. 1993 - 2
The author of Fear of Flying chronicles the life of Henry Miller, drawing on her own six-year friendship with him, as well as his works and correspondence, to discuss Miller's life and writing. 40,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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July 7, 2021
严格来说不能算是传记,不过放在文学批评里也不合适,正如亨利米勒的书无法分类一样。一开始Erica写自己比写Henry还多,不过慢慢进入正题以后也明白亨利对她的个人的影响有多大,如果不是这样这本书不会写的这么生动和满含感情。对于这样一个争议人物我觉得是不可能有什么客观甚至可信的传记的,写传记必然要去了解,一旦了解了就不可能不带有强烈的感情,或爱或憎,也就无法客观。除了之前看Henry小说了解到的一些意外,印象最深的是Henry居然还受雇于人去写prono,更没想到克利奇的平静日子居然也是这样的命题作文,结果失败了,因为他把prono写的过于诗意了,从这一点上看,人们攻击他写的东西宣淫实在是大错特错了。
传记 henry·miller 情色 美国文学 放浪
Quiet Days in Clichy and the World of Sex
Douban
Henry Miller publishing house: Grove Press 1978
This tender and nostalgic work dates from the same period as Tropic of Cancer (1934). It is a celebration of love, art, and the Bohemian life at a time when the world was simpler and slower, and Miller an obscure, penniless young writer in Paris. Whether discussing the early days of his long friendship with Alfred Perles or his escapades at the Club Melody brothel, in Quiet Days in Clichy Miller describes a period that would shape his entire life and oeuvre.
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June 28, 2021
三年前看完同名电影后不久在LA的Gatsby旧书店居然找到了这本书。前不久偶然又翻到了硬盘上的电影于是才想起来,一口气读完,还是Henry Miller的一贯风格,自传式的生活片段和人生哲思穿插交互。可能是恰好在自己的一个特殊节点上读到了这些文字,虽然不可能重复他的轨迹不过还是有些启发。
henry·miller 思考 美国文学 放浪 性
Nexus
Douban
Henry Miller publishing house: Grove Press 1994 - 1
Nexus, the last book of Henry Miller's epic trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, is widely considered to be one of the landmarks of American fiction. In it, Miller vividly recalls his many years as a down-and-out writer in New York City, his friends, mistresses, and the unusual circumstances of his eventful life.
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Nov. 29, 2017
读完了这部巨作想要评论什么但是觉得词穷,这是第一次读Henry Miller。并不是面对史诗级作品时候那种压倒性的词穷,而是觉得好像所有的语言已经被他说尽,从细微到宏大,从最深层的内心世界到身外的天地玄黄。这仅仅是他截取了自己世界里的一个小片段而已。这本书应该放进自己的时间胶囊,十年后再读一遍。
游荡 henry·miller 写作 市井 美国文学
Plexus (Rosy Crucifixion, Book 2)
Douban Skybridge
Henry Miller publishing house: Grove Press 1987 - 3 other title: Plexus
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Nov. 11, 2017
越来越觉得这部Rosy Crucifixion像是成年版的麦田里的守望者。主人公近似疯狂的生活方式,夹杂着对过去的回忆和对人生和万物的思考。跟第一部截然不同的地方是似乎作者一下子变成了禁欲的教徒,只有一处提到了性,也是一笔带过,好像作者已经进入了另外一个境界。
美国小说 henry·miller 思考 游荡 生活
Sexus
Douban Goodreads
Henry Miller publishing house: Grove Press 1994 - 1
Sexus is the first volume of the scandalous trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, Henry Miller's major life work Henry Miller called the end of his life in America and the start of a new, bohemian existence in 1930s Paris his 'rosy crucifixion'. His searing fictionalized autobiography of this time of liberation was banned for nearly twenty years. Sexus, the first volume in The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, looks back to his early sexual escapades in Brooklyn, and his growing infatuation with the playful, teasing dance hall hostess who will become the great obsession of his life.
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Oct. 15, 2017
如果能像米勒小说中人那样疯狂的活一次也不错,不过注定是一辈子只能这样的疯狂,不可能跳进去再跳出来吧。书中一段狂暴生活过后往往跟着是大段的思考,有时甚至十分的理性谦卑。如果是一般人可能早就被撕裂成疯子了吧。
henry·miller 疯狂 美国文学 爱情 艺术