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"A brilliant selection... [I]t is in short a voyage of discovery, an adventure and this the log of that voyage in the life of a probing and powerful writer.” (Robert R. Kirsch, Los Angeles Times)

Some of the most rewarding pages in Henry Miller's books concern his self-education as a writer. He tells, as few great writers ever have, how he set his goals, how he discovered the excitement of using words, how the books he read influenced him, and how he learned to draw on his own experience.

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A rather lacklustre and monotonous narration of an excellent collection of excerpts about writing from Miller’s own works, including a letter or two.

I noticed some odd mispronounced words such as iron fillings (surely, iron filings?), kways for quays, and some others I forgot. And given that Miller spent time in France and spoke French and was fond of throwing French words into his writing, and especially as one entire chapter is entirely in French, it would have been desirable to require a French-speaking narrator. Instead, the narrator resorts to the Bill Murray/Phil Connors trick of murmuring French-sounding noises.

But Miller’s writing, his integrity and commitment to truth and life, his eloquent disgust with organized human society and government and “progress” shine through.

There’s nothing here from my favourite book “The Colossus of Maroussi” but perhaps that had little on writing itself. Never mind, the rest is rich food enough.

Lacklustre narration can’t stifle Miller’s brilliance

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Deep thinking beautifully read. Henry Miller on writing and the writing life, but also on war and the future of the world. Words that are relevant now as they were back in the first half of the last century.

Essential listening for writers

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Laughably distracting concocted mispronunciations of countless non-English (and sometimes English) words and names. Is it the audio editor or the producer who is responsible for doing a little research to provide the narrator with correct pronunciations? Whoever it is who failed miserably at their job, they spoilt what would otherwise have been a good narration of the words of Henry Miller, a rarely erudite and famously multilingual writer.

Pronunciation problems galore

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Amazing narration
Amazing book
Faith is humanity restored
Must read
Life is worth living on a planet with such books

Full of life

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