The Colossus of Maroussi

Henry Miller (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2016
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-198054-6 (ISBN)

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Explores the Grecian countryside with his friend Lawrence Durrell in 1939. In this book, the author 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'.

'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

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	31.01.2016
Reihe/Serie	Penguin Classics
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	159 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
Schlagworte	Englisch; Reisebericht/Erlebnisbericht • Griechenland; Reisebericht/Erlebnisbericht
ISBN-10	0-14-198054-0 / 0141980540
ISBN-13	978-0-14-198054-6 / 9780141980546
Zustand	Neuware