![]() ![]() Do not approach this book looking to find linguistic talent. 'At last an unprintable book that is fit to read' Ezra Pound 'A momentous event in the history of modern writing' Samuel Beckett 'The book that forever changed the way American literature would be written' Erica Jong. Arrives by Wed, Apr 26 Buy Miller, Henry: Tropic of Cancer (Paperback) at. ![]() It was first published in 1934 by the Obelisk Press in Paris, France, but this edition was banned in the United States. Long hailed as a truly liberating book, daring and uncompromising, Tropic of Cancer is a cornerstone of modern literature that asks us to reconsider everything we know about art, freedom, and morality. 'Tropic of Cancer' has been described as 'notorious for its candid sexuality' and as responsible for the 'free speech that we now take for granted in literature'. When it was first published in the US in 1961, it led to more than 60 obscenity trials until a historic ruling by the Supreme Court defined it as a work of literature. Tropic of Cancer Kindle Edition by Henry Miller (Author), Karl Shapiro (Introduction), & 1 more Format: Kindle Edition 1,020 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. ![]() Banned in the US and the UK for more than thirty years because it was considered pornographic, Tropic of Cancer continued to be distributed in France and smuggled into other countries. Set in Paris in the 1930s, it features a starving American writer who lives a bohemian life among prostitutes, pimps, and artists. Shocking, banned and the subject of obscenity trials, Henry Miller's first novel Tropic of Cancer is one of the most scandalous and influential books of the twentieth century Tropic of Cancer redefined the novel. ![]()
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