Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780811201070)

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 the California coast where he lived for fifteen years. Big Sur is the portrait of a place--one of the most colorful in the United States--and of the extraordinary people Miller knew there: writers (and writers who did not write), mystics seeking truth in meditation (and the not-so-saintly looking for sex-cults or celebrity), sophisticated children and adult innocents; geniuses, cranks and the unclassifiable, like Conrad Moricand, the "Devil in Paradise" who is one of Miller's greatest character studies. Henry Miller writes with a buoyancy and 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 and clich駸 of modern life to find within himself his own kind of paradise.

Author: Henry Miller
ISBN-10: 0811201074
ISBN-13: 9780811201070
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 01/17/1957
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.22w x 0.97d