Tropic of Cancer

图书标准信息

• 作者 Henry Miller（亨利·米勒） 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins UK
• 出版时间 2005-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780007204465
• 定价 72.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 336页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Miller'sgroundbreakingfirstnovel,bannedinBritainforalmostthirtyyears,nowreinvigoratedinanewHarperPerennialModernClassicsedition.Apennilessandasyetunpublishedwriter,HenryMillerarrivedinParisin1930.LeavingbehindadisintegratingmarriageandanunhappycareerinAmerica,hethrewhimselfintothelow-lifeofbohemianPariswithunwaveringgusto.AfictionalaccountofMiller'sadventuresamongsttheprostitutesandpimps,thepennilesspaintersandwritersofMontparnasse,TropicofCancerisanextravagantandrhapsodichymntoaworldofunrivallederoticismandfreedom.TropicofCancer's1934publicationinFrancewashailedbySamuelBeckettas"amomentouseventinthehistoryofmodernwriting".ThenovelwassubsequentlybannedintheUKandtheUSAandnotreleasedforpublicationforafurtherthirtyyears.ATaste:IamlivingattheVillaBorghese.Thereisnotacrumbofdirtanywhere,norachairmisplaced.Weareallalonehereandwearedead.LastnightBorisdiscoveredthathewaslousy.Ihadtoshavehisarmpitsandeventhentheitchingdidnotstop.Howcanonegetlousyinabeautifulplacelikethis?Butnomatter.Wemightneverhaveknowneachothersointimately,BorisandI,haditnotbeenforthelice.Borishasjustgivenmeasummaryofhisviews.Heisaweatherprophet.Theweatherwillcontinuebad,hesays.Therewillbemorecalamities,moredeath,moredespair.Nottheslightestindicationofachangeanywhere.Thecanceroftimeiseatingusaway.Ourheroeshavekilledthemselves,orarekillingthemselves.Thehero,thenisnotTimebutTimelessness.Wemustgetinstep,alockstep,towardtheprisonofdeath.Thereisnoescape.Theweatherwillnotchange.ItisnowthefallofmysecondyearinParis.IwassenthereforareasonIhavenotyetbeenabletofathom.Ihavenomoney,noresources,nohopes.Iamthehappiestmanalive.Ayearago,sixmonthsago,IthoughtthatIwasandartist.Inolongerthinkaboutit,Iam.Everythingthatwasliteraturehasfallenfromme.Therearenomorebookstobewritten,thankGod.Thisthen?Thisisnotabook.Thisisalibel,slander,defamationofcharacter.Thisisnotabook,intheordinarysenseoftheword.No,thisisaprolongedinsult,agobofspitinthefaceofArt,akickinthepantstoGod,Man,Destiny,Time,Love,Beauty...whatyouwill.Iamgoingtosingtoyou,alittleoffkeyperhaps,butIwillsing.Iwillsingwhileyoucroak,Iwilldanceoveryourdirtycorpse...Tosingyoumustfirstopenyourmouth.Youmusthaveapairoflungs,andalittleknowledgeofmusic.Itisnotnecessarytohaveanaccordion,oraguitar.Theessentialthingistowanttosing.Thisthenisasong.Iamsinging.

【作者简介】

Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980), was an American writer and painter. He was known 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.