Tropic of Capricorn Audiobook

" A masterpiece of style, the voice so huge and riveting you keep turning the pages despite the total absence of anything resembling a novelistic structure. An epic poem in prose, not a novel. "

" Another great book by Mr. Miller! "

" I'd never read Henry Miller before. I don't understand the appeal. His quasi-philosophical ramblings go on for pages and pages. It's like two separate books intertwined. There's a few pages of plot, of events, of decipherable narrative, then there's several pages of long winded metaphysical nonsense cloaked in the false legitimacy of "literature." If he were to cut the latter, I could have finished this. Of course, then I don't know what would set him apart from a host of other alcoholic, misogynistic, "outsider" American writers. "

" This is the first book I have read by Henry Miller. I like his fearless honesty and his apparent ability to write with total authenticity about his life as he experiences it. It is amoral, sexual and infused with great human compassion. I think his candour was unique and expansive and ahead of his time. In my experience I would describe his writing as ground breaking. "

" Its hard for me to like his writing because he's really sexist and brags about knocking his wife around....just can't seem to get past it. "

" Very straight forward and to the point, especially for the time. He did not hide his promiscuous life or bitterness but poured it out on paper. "

" I'm not going to finish this book. I'm bored and disgusted by the sexual escapades. I mean, after a while, who cares? "

" so far i see why the American socity at the time couldn't handle this book and had to ban it. IT's not the sex that hits it's the fact that he calls the bluff on the American dream "

" yo yeah yo "

" Disappointing. I was in my youth a great fan of Miller. Still regard the Rosy Crucifixion as, in my memory, a masterpiece. But my attempts to reread Miller now are foundering. "

" did this book ever have paragraphs? i remember it being really hard to put down because he never left a place where there was a break in a story. "

" Read this and Tropic of Cancer back-to-back and consider yourself a Miller expert. The man is absolutely outrageous and must've seemed even more so in the time that he was writing! "

" The blurb for this says it "is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature." Which explains the entire career of John Updike. Funny, books about men who hate women but like using them as sex toys still win acclaim "

" Not for everyone -- and especially not for me. The least enjoyable book I have ever voluntarily read. "

" Henry Miller is my new friend. Brilliant writing. I liked this one better than Tropic of Cancer. "

" Really just a fantastic book IMO. So many of his long, thread of consciousness, descriptions of life are just poetry. "

" I have never loathed a book so much. I was so filled with anger that I couldn't go on reading it. I was deeply disappointed. "

" I didn't know it would be so graphic. I'm not prudish, but come on - this is just way too much! "

" Difficult to develop any empathy for the characters. "

" Not as engrossing as Tropic of Cancer, but it has its good moments.... "

" This book can change your life... but if you are unable to understand, please don`t read it! "

" This book was a real eye opener for me when I read it at 17. I'd only been reading assigned English Lit kinds of books and Miller showed me where the word can lead. I read several other of his books. "

" Uno de los mejores libros que leí en mi vida. "

" I was disappointed in this book, not near as good as the first. The are moments and sections of brilliance, but on a whole it's bogged down by too much stream of consciousness writing. Also, why did Miller abandon chapters and even the convention of paragraphs? "

" Henry Miller is just not my thing but I can see why some people like him. "

" I really only read this because of the Seinfeld episode when Jerry has an overdue library book from 1976. But as far as the book, yes, very erotic. "

" Miller es capaz de escribir lo mejor y lo peor en cada página. Descreído anterior a la guerra nuclear se posiciona en la soledad del ser humano ante la sociedad. Deja buen sabor de boca. "

" more gobs of spit........and sex. "

" Aunque emocionante al inicio, encuentro difífil que las reflexiones hechas por Miller sean del interés de alguien... Leeré el Trópico de Cáncer y espero algo mejor que este libro. "

" Henry Miller is my new friend. Brilliant writing. I liked this one better than Tropic of Cancer. "

" "Una volta mollata l'anima, tutto segue con assoluta certezza, anche nel pieno del caos".Catartico. "

" Read this book in 2006. "

" Shocking it is , ban-worthy no.Not for minors. "

" Miller is a difficult writer to read. It's nothing you can read on and off for a month or two. Once you get in his snare, it's brilliant and flows like nothing else you've ever read. This is probably a good book for males to read. "

" Un libro che mi ha quasi irritato per il suo profondo cinismo e per la visione oscura e nichilista del mondo che ci presenta. Eppure, leggendo si sente che c'è ancora qualcosa d'altro dietro a tutto questo. un libro che probabilmente dovrò rileggere ancora per potermi schiarire le idee "