Tropic of Cancer

Henry Miller's first work, Tropic of Cancer, was hailed as part of the sexual revolution and became one of the great classics of American literature.

Originally published in 1934 in Paris, Tropic of Cancer was immediately banned in all English-speaking countries. Branded pornographic, like its successor, Tropic of Capricorn , it was only released in the United States and England in the 1960s, hailed as part of the sexual revolution. The book was celebrated by the greatest intellectuals of the time and became one of the great classics of American literature. Samuel Beckett hailed it as "a monumental event in the history of modern writing." Other names like T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and Lawrence Durrell also quickly recognized Miller's talent.

Tropic of Cancer It offers an autobiographical and fictional account of Miller's adventures, among prostitutes and pimps, among penniless painters and writers in Montparnasse, who arrives in Paris after abandoning a ruined marriage and a stagnant career in the United States. A penniless and still unpublished Henry Miller arrives in Paris in the 1930s. Leaving behind an unhappy life in the United States on this Tropic of Cancer , this is a moment of liberation. Miller encounters the bohemian life of the French capital and not only faces it, but, without hesitation and with vigorous delight, lives days and nights of eroticism and freedom.

In the book, he writes with simple frankness, generous humor, and the joy found after having passed through the depths of despair, rediscovering his own talent in days and nights of freedom and endless joy.