Henry Miller on Writing
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Henry Miller on Writing
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Ian Patrick Mendes
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Narrated by:
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Ian Patrick Mendes
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Henry Miller
About this listen
"A brilliant selection... [I]t is in short a voyage of discovery, an adventure and this the log of that voyage in the life of a probing and powerful writer.” (Robert R. Kirsch, Los Angeles Times)
Some of the most rewarding pages in Henry Miller's books concern his self-education as a writer. He tells, as few great writers ever have, how he set his goals, how he discovered the excitement of using words, how the books he read influenced him, and how he learned to draw on his own experience.
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Pronunciation problems galore
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Essential listening for writers
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I noticed some odd mispronounced words such as iron fillings (surely, iron filings?), kways for quays, and some others I forgot. And given that Miller spent time in France and spoke French and was fond of throwing French words into his writing, and especially as one entire chapter is entirely in French, it would have been desirable to require a French-speaking narrator. Instead, the narrator resorts to the Bill Murray/Phil Connors trick of murmuring French-sounding noises.
But Miller’s writing, his integrity and commitment to truth and life, his eloquent disgust with organized human society and government and “progress” shine through.
There’s nothing here from my favourite book “The Colossus of Maroussi” but perhaps that had little on writing itself. Never mind, the rest is rich food enough.
Lacklustre narration can’t stifle Miller’s brilliance
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