Tropic of Cancer
2 journalers for this copy...
Picked up this classic at Friends of Key West Book Sale. Boxall’s 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
This was my second start of this book. The first time I just couldn’t get passed the rawness, sex and language. I think I’m glad I did this time. There is a lot of “meat” between all of that. A very real description of Paris in the 1930s and the searching of Henry Miller’s existential, creative spirit. The many times I sighed, “TMI”, I remembered the Emerson quote before the cover page of the book and reminded myself he recorded his truth truly. I then felt grateful for truth and continued my journey through the Tropic of Cancer.
“These novels will give way, by and by, to diaries or autobiographies—captivating books, if only a man knew how to choose among what he calls his experiences that which is really his experience, and how to record truth truly.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
This was my second start of this book. The first time I just couldn’t get passed the rawness, sex and language. I think I’m glad I did this time. There is a lot of “meat” between all of that. A very real description of Paris in the 1930s and the searching of Henry Miller’s existential, creative spirit. The many times I sighed, “TMI”, I remembered the Emerson quote before the cover page of the book and reminded myself he recorded his truth truly. I then felt grateful for truth and continued my journey through the Tropic of Cancer.
“These novels will give way, by and by, to diaries or autobiographies—captivating books, if only a man knew how to choose among what he calls his experiences that which is really his experience, and how to record truth truly.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Traveling south to a BookCrosser in the Sunshine State via her WishList. It’s so much fun to make wishes come true. Happy Reading!
Received from SandyPA to fulfill one of of wishlist wants!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
