THE COLOSSUS OF MAROUSSI

Author: Miller, Henry
Title: THE COLOSSUS OF MAROUSSI
Publication: Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1941

Description: Hardcover. Octavo, 8.7 in. x 5.7 in., pp. 244. Black cloth boards with gilt title and bandlines stamped to spine. Light shelfwear to edges. Previous owner's name to top of front free endpaper. Offset tanning to endpapers. Light age-toning. Rubbing to dustjacket edges with chips across top-edge. Crack to dustjacket front gutter; rear flap detached but present in archival plastic cover. Age-toning to dustjacket. Very Good / Good.

Henry Valentine Miller (1891 – 1980) was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blends character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. In this book, Miller drew from events that occurred and landscapes that he encountered while living for nine months in Greece.This work reflects his resentment at having to return to America from Greece due to the outbreak of World War II, as well as his feeling of isolation there. Miller wrote, "the whole book came effortlessly, often with tears streaming down my face - tears of joy and tears of sorrow. Never in my life had I had such a marvellous vacation"

Seller ID: 100785

Subject: Literature – American

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