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The books in my life

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  • "Books in my life"@pl
  • "Books in my life"
  • "Books in my life"@it
  • "The books in my life"@it

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  • "Henry Miller writes about the books that most affected him as a reader and a writer, including works by Cendrars, Céline, Dostoievsky, Powys, Hamsun, Giono, and also books he enjoyed as a child, such as Robinson Crusoe."
  • "Henry Miller établit la liste des livres qui ont aidé à la formation de son esprit : D. H. Lawrence, Rider Haggard, Lao-Tseu, John Cowper Powys, F. Dostoïevski mais aussi L.-F. Céline, B. Cendrars. Le recensement de ces lectures devient pour H. Miller un prétexte à rechercher le temps perdu, à faire revivre ses années de jeunesse, la vie théâtrale à New York des années 1900."
  • ""Some writers attempt to conceal the literary influences which have shaped their thinking--but not Henry Miller. In this unique work, he gives an utterly candid and self-revealing account of the reading he did during his formative years. In The Books in My Life he shares the thrills of discovery that many kinds of books have brought to a keenly curious and questioning mind. Some of Miller's favorite writers are the giants whom most of us revere--authors such as Dostoievsky, Boccaccio, Walt Whitman, James Joyce, Thomas Mann, Lao-Tse. To them he brings fresh and penetrating insights. But many are lesser-known figures: Krishnamurti, the prophet-sage; the French contemporaries Blaise Cendrars and Jean Giono; Richard Jeffries, who wrote The Story of My Heart; the Welshman John Cowper Powys; and scores of others. The Books in My Life contains some fine autobiographical chapters, too. Miller describes his boyhood in Brooklyn, when he devoured the historical stories of G. A. Henty and the romances of Rider Haggard. He tells of the men and women whom he regards as "living books": Lou Jacobs, W. E. B. DuBois, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and others. He offers his reminiscences of the New York Theatre in the early 1900's--including plays such as Alias Jimmy Valentine and Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model. And finally, in Miller's best vein of humor, he provides a satiric chapter on bathroom reading. In an appendix, Miller lists the hundred books that have influenced him most."--new Directions Web site."

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  • "erindringer"
  • "Essays (teksten)"
  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Collections"
  • "biografier"
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
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  • "Les Livres de ma vie"
  • "Les livres de ma vie : [appendices]"
  • "Les livres de ma vie = Books in my life"
  • "Les livres de ma vie, tirage à part des appendices"
  • "The books in my life"@en
  • "The books in my life"
  • "al-Kutub fī ḥayātī"
  • "al-Kutub fı̄ ḥayātı̄"
  • "Ksia̜żki mojego życia"
  • "Knjige v mojem življenju"@sl
  • "Książki mojego życia"@pl
  • "Książki mojego życia"
  • "Die Kunst des Lesens : Ein Leben mit Büchern"
  • "Les livres de ma vie : autobiographie"
  • "Die Kunst des Lesens ein Leben mit Büchern"
  • "Els Llibres de la meva vida"@ca
  • "Die Kunst des Lesens : e. Leben mit Büchern"
  • "Libri nella mia vita"
  • "The books in my life. [With portraits.]"@en
  • "Les livres de ma vie Books in my life"
  • "LIVRES DE MA VIE"
  • "The Books in my life"
  • "Les livres de ma vie"
  • "The books inmy life"
  • "Die Kunst des Lesens"
  • "The books in my life. New Directions"@en
  • "Los Libros en mi vida"@es
  • "Die Kunst des Lesens : ein Leben mit Büchern"
  • "Los Libros en mi vida"
  • "Els llibres de la meva vida"
  • "Els llibres de la meva vida"@es
  • "Les livres de ma vie : (Books in my life)"
  • "The Books in my Life. [With plates, including portraits.]"@en
  • "Les livres de ma vie. Tirage à part dos appendices"
  • "I libri nella mia vita"
  • "I libri nella mia vita"@it
  • "Les Livres de ma vie : autobiographie"
  • "Die Kunst des Lesens : ein Leben mit Bücher"
  • "Los libros en mi vida"
  • "Los libros en mi vida"@es

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