Originally #banned in the United States for its graphic #sexual content, Henry Miller’s classic #novel, Tropic of Cancer (1934), follows an unnamed narrator on his travels throughout Paris in the 1930s. The narrator is now widely accepted as being Miller himself, the book based on his own encounters in the French capital. The book is considered one of the #most #important #novels of the twentieth century. Best known for #challenging conventional #restraints on free speech in literature, Miller’s works are graphic and reflective in nature.
Now hailed as an #American #classic Tropic of Cancer, #Henry #Miller’s masterpiece, was #banned as #obscene in this country for twenty-seven years after its first publication in Paris in 1934. Only a #historic #court #ruling that #changed American #censorship standards, ushering in a new era of #freedom and #frankness in modern #literature, permitted the publication of this first volume of Miller’s famed mixture of memoir and fiction...
Tropic of Cancer is a novel by Henry Miller that has been described as "notorious for its candid sexuality" and as responsible for the "free speech that we now take for granted in literature." It was first published in 1934 by the Obelisk Press in Paris, France, but this edition was #banned in the United #States. ... . In 1964, the U.S. #Supreme #Court #declared the book #non-obscene. It is regarded as an important work of #20th-century #literature.
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#Suburban kid, you got no name
You too dumb baby and you got no brain
I bet you're only happy in #suburbian dreams
But I'm only laughing cause you ain't in my scheme
But babe
I #love you
I only ever listen when you're on the #phone
From your safety where you sit at #home
When I got nothing better to do
Then there is always you
you're good for my #shoe
Hey babe
I love you
You look at me and you just can't tell
You're lookin' like you just came outta hell
Lookin' like a dirty #lavatory
There ain't no bid for your #chastity
Hey baby
I love you
I'm in #love
Yeah in love
Oh, can't you feel it?
You try and join the scene but you're too #obscene
You're lookin' like a big, fat, pink, baked bean
How did you figure that'd you'd any use?
All you're going to get is my #abuse
No I don't like where you come from
It's just a #satellite of #London
And when you look me in the eye
Just remember that I wanna die
Hey baby
#Iloveyou