Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller - 1961 Evergreen Black Cat edition

Banned in the United States until 1961, *Tropic of Cancer* is a raw, uncompromising journey through the underbelly of 1930s Paris. The book shattered literary conventions and sparked decades of censorship battles, and remains a landmark of literary freedom -- a testament to the power of unflinching self-expression. It is Miller's savage song of survival, a celebration of life stripped down to its most essential, unglamorous elements—and a challenge to every reader who dares to open its pages. Penniless and unmoored, Miller wanders through the bohemian quarters of Montparnasse, surviving on borrowed francs, fleeting affairs, and the occasional meal cadged from friends. This is not a novel of plot but of consciousness—a torrential stream of observations, philosophies, and bodily realities that refuses to look away from hunger, desire, squalor, and ecstasy. Miller writes with ferocious honesty about sex, poverty, and the artist's struggle to remain alive—both physically and spiritually—in a world that seems indifferent to beauty and truth. His prose is alternately lyrical and vulgar, meditative and explosive, capturing the contradictions of a man who has abandoned conventional life to pursue something more authentic, however devastating that pursuit may be... - Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller Printed 1961, Grove Press, Inc. / Random House, New York Softcover pocketbook. Approx. 4x7in. 287pp. Spine shows creasing; pages age yellowed. Otherwise in decent vintage condition.