Ed H reviewed Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Junk
1 star
Garbage.
Hardcover, 346 pages
Spanish language
Published May 6, 1979 by Editorial Bruguera, S.A..
Trópico de Cáncer
by Henry Miller
3 stars
(3 reviews)
Considerada por buena parte de la crítica como la mejor de sus obras, en su primera novela se sitúa Miller en la estela de Walt Whitman y Thoreau para crear un monólogo en el que el autor hace un inolvidable repaso de su estancia en París en los primeros años de la década de 1930, centrada tanto en sus experiencias sexuales como en sus juicios sobre el comportamiento humano.
Saludada en su momento como una atrocidad moral por los sectores más conservadores –y como una obra maestra por escritores tan distintos como T.S. Eliot, George Orwell, Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer o Lawrence Durrell–, en la actualidad es considerada una de las novelas más rupturistas, influyentes y perfectas de la literatura en lengua inglesa.
GnomeKing@bookwyrm.social reviewed Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Review of 'Tropic of Cancer' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This book wasn't too shabby.
Some books grab your attention and you love them straight away and some you hate straight away, this book kicks the crap out of you and makes you want to respect it.
The language is course and women are treated....well like objects, I would be surprised if it had been banned because of that.
It did feel like it was written by two authors, one writing about what was currently happening, taking a recording of the events and the second author writes and the "heroes" dreams and what he is thinking. The latter is great, everything flows so well and as you read the tempo picks up and the voices in your head get louder and louder (maybe that is just me though)
The type of writing is very similar to Bukowski, all observational, but I prefer Bukowski out of the two, probably because he …
This book wasn't too shabby.
Some books grab your attention and you love them straight away and some you hate straight away, this book kicks the crap out of you and makes you want to respect it.
The language is course and women are treated....well like objects, I would be surprised if it had been banned because of that.
It did feel like it was written by two authors, one writing about what was currently happening, taking a recording of the events and the second author writes and the "heroes" dreams and what he is thinking. The latter is great, everything flows so well and as you read the tempo picks up and the voices in your head get louder and louder (maybe that is just me though)
The type of writing is very similar to Bukowski, all observational, but I prefer Bukowski out of the two, probably because he is gentler.
Blog review of my second reading of this book: felcherman.wordpress.com/2022/03/17/tropic-of-cancer-by-henry-miller/
