Big Sur & the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
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$175.00
$175.00
Miller, Henry. Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch. First Edition. 1957. Book is in very good condition; dust jacket is in good plus condition—jacket shows chipping and fraying.
Henry Miller was a misanthrope who became a romantic idealist in old age. That is atypical. Most people begin as romantics and evolve to be more cynical. What was the catalyst for Miller’s stereotype-defying transformation? Well, it is possibly easier to swim against the current if one frequents the beaches of California’s breathtaking Central Coast. In this appealing memoir, he writes about his move to an isolated cabin in Big Sur, living in a grove of redwood trees with his third wife and two young children.
“Here at Big Sur, at a certain time of the year and a certain time of the day only, a pale blue-green hue pervades the distant hills; it is an old, nostalgic hue which one sees only in the works of the old Flemish and Italian masters.”
--Henry Miller
Henry Miller was a misanthrope who became a romantic idealist in old age. That is atypical. Most people begin as romantics and evolve to be more cynical. What was the catalyst for Miller’s stereotype-defying transformation? Well, it is possibly easier to swim against the current if one frequents the beaches of California’s breathtaking Central Coast. In this appealing memoir, he writes about his move to an isolated cabin in Big Sur, living in a grove of redwood trees with his third wife and two young children.
“Here at Big Sur, at a certain time of the year and a certain time of the day only, a pale blue-green hue pervades the distant hills; it is an old, nostalgic hue which one sees only in the works of the old Flemish and Italian masters.”
--Henry Miller
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