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.
