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The Colossus of Maroussi

English

By (author): Henry Miller

'Out of the sea, as if Homer himself had arranged it for me, the islands bobbed up, lonely, deserted, mysterious in the fading light'

Enraptured by a young woman's account of the landscapes of Greece, Henry Miller set off to explore the Grecian countryside with his friend Lawrence Durrell in 1939. In The Colossus of Maroussi he describes drinking from sacred springs, nearly being trampled to death by sheep and encountering the flamboyant Greek poet Katsumbalis, who 'could galvanize the dead with his talk'. This lyrical classic of travel writing represented an epiphany in Miller's life, and is the book he would later cite as his favourite.

'One of the five greatest travel books of all time' Pico Iyer

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Product Details
  • Weight: 157g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Feb 2016
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780141980546

About Henry Miller

Henry Miller (1891-1980) is one of the most important American writers of the 20th century. His best-known novels include Tropic of Cancer (1934) Tropic of Capricorn (1939) and the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy (Sexus 1949 Plexus 1953 and Nexus 1959) all published in France and banned in the US and the UK until 1964. He is widely recognised as an irreverent risk-taking writer who redefined the novel and made the link between the European avant-garde and the American Beat generation.

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