Henry Miller - Tropic of Cancer

HENRY MILLER Tropic of Cancer A Flamingo Modern Classic 1993 First published in Great Britain by John Calder (Publishers) Limited 1963 Copyright © Obelisk Press, Paris 1934 ISBN 0 00 654583 1 These novels will give way, by and by, to diaries or... More

HENRY MILLER Tropic of Cancer A Flamingo Modern Classic 1993 First published in Great Britain by John Calder (Publishers) Limited 1963 Copyright © Obelisk Press, Paris 1934 ISBN 0 00 654583 1 These novels will give way, by and by, to diaries or autobiographies – captivating books, if only a man knew how to choose among what he calls his experiences and how to record truth truly. Ralph Waldo Emerson I am living at the Villa Borghese. There is not a crumb of dirt anywhere, nor a chair misplaced. We are all alone here and we are dead. Last night Boris discovered that he was lousy. I had to shave his armpits and even then the itching did not stop. How can one get lousy in a beautiful place like this? But no matter. We might never have known each other so intimately, Boris and I, had it not been for the lice. Boris has just given me a summary of his views. He is a weather prophet. The weather will continue bad, he says. There will be more calamities, more death, more despair. N Less