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318 pages • first pub 1934 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: John Calder Pub Ltd
Publication date: 01 January 1963
A reader drawn to unflinchingly raw explorations of artistic struggle, existential despair, and liberated sensuality within the gritty underbelly of 1930s bohemian life.
Description
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 censorsh...
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Moods
reflective: 57%
challenging: 56%
dark: 54%
funny: 36%
adventurous: 25%
emotional: 10%
tense: 10%
lighthearted: 9%
sad: 9%
inspiring: 7%
mysterious: 5%
informative: 2%
relaxing: 2%
Pace
Plot or character driven?
Strong character development?
Loveable characters?
Diverse cast of characters?
Flaws of characters a main focus?
Content Warnings
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Graphic
Sexual content, Misogyny, SexismModerate
Antisemitism, Excrement, ViolenceMinor
Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Pregnancy
318 pages • first pub 1934 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: John Calder Pub Ltd
Publication date: 01 January 1963
A reader drawn to unflinchingly raw explorations of artistic struggle, existential despair, and liberated sensuality within the gritty underbelly of 1930s bohemian life.
Description
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 censorsh...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings