Evidence: | 'Barclay Hudson, an American living near by, lent him a new novel to read. It was published in Paris by the Obelisk Press, a publisher specializing mainly in pornography in English for visiting tourists, and in books banned elsewhere. The novel Hudson lent him was the recently published "Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller. The impact was immediate, and he read it straight through twice..."There isn't a good word to express its excellence", he wrote. "Of course, like all works of genius it's strong fruit and you'd have to be careful about getting it into England".' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jul 1935 and 30 Sep 1935 | ||||||||||
Country: | Greece | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Corfu | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Lawrence Durrell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 27 Feb 1912 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | Britain / India (Parents English and Irish but Indian born) |
Country of experience: | Greece |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Henry Miller |
Title: | Tropic of Cancer |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | published by Obelisk Press, Paris |
Provenance: | borrowed (other) borrowed from Barclay Hudson |
Record ID: | 8909 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Gordon Bowker | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Through the Dark Labyrinth: A Biography of Lawrence Durrell | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 65 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Gordon Bowker, Through the Dark Labyrinth: A Biography of Lawrence Durrell (London, 1996), p. 65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8909, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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