{"product_id":"the-unknown-henry-miller-a-seeker-in-big-sur","title":"The Unknown Henry Miller: A Seeker in Big Sur","description":"\u003cp\u003eHenry Miller was one of the most distinctive voices in twentieth-century literature. Better known in Europe than in his native America for most of this career  he achieved international success and celebrity during the 1960s when his banned \"Paris\" books--beginning with Tropic of Cancer--were published here and judged by the Supreme Court not to be obscene. Until then he had toiled in relative obscurity and poverty. The Unknown Henry Miller recounts Millers career from its beginnings in Paris in the 1930s but focuses on his years living in Big Sur  California  from 1944 to 1961  during which he wrote many of his most important books  including The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy  married and divorced twice  raised two children  painted watercolors  and tried to live out an aesthetic and personal credo of self-realization.  Written with the cooperation of the Henry Miller  Anais Nin  and other estates  The Unknown Henry Miller quotes extensively from Millers correspondence in order to offer the reader direct experience of the author and man. It also draws on material not available to previous biographers  including interviews with Lepska Warren  Millers third wife  and revelations from unpublished portions of Anais Nins diaries. Behind the \"bad boy\" image  the author finds a man with devoted friendships  whose challenge of literary sexual taboos was part of a broader assault on the dehumanization of man and commercialization during the postwar years. He puts Millers alleged misogyny in the context of his satire of sexual mores in general  and makes the case for restoring this groundbreaking writer to his rightful place in the American literary canon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44955143110709,"sku":"ByrdShop_1611458994","price":55.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781611458992.jpg?v=1770299841","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-unknown-henry-miller-a-seeker-in-big-sur","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}