| Sextet Contributor(s): Miller, Henry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811218007 ISBN-13: 9780811218009 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2010 Annotation: Miller's last book: six essays written over the course of Miller's life about old-age, death, Greece, Africa, China, and art. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009050056 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.25" W x 8" (0.42 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Resembling a musical sextet where no two instruments are the same, but all instruments blend to form a single sound, Henry Miller's Sextet combines six jive-talkin', fresh, and impromptu pieces of writing originally published as individual chapbooks by Capra Press: "On Turning Eighty," "Reflections on the Death of Mishima," "First Impressions of Greece," "The Waters Reglitterized: The Subject of Water Colors in Some of its More Liquid Phases," "Reflections on The Maurizius Case: A Humble Appraisal of a Great Book," and "Mother, China and the World Beyond: A Dream in Which I Die and Find Myself in Devachan (Limbo) Where I Run into My Mother whom I Hated All My Life." Like your favorite band releasing a six-song EP to keep you salivating until its next full-length album, Sextet is a finger-snapping sample of Miller's work with the blare of a clarion call, and lots of raucous humor and jazz. |
Contributor Bio(s): Miller, Henry: - Henry Miller (1891--1980) was one of the most controversial American novelists during his lifetime. His book, The Tropic of Cancer, was banned in the some U.S. states before being overruled by the Supreme Court. New Directions publishes several of his books. |