The Tropic Of Capricorn Summary

The Tropic Of Capricorn by Henry Miller

This is a semi-autobiographical novel which tells about Henry Miller's inhability and refusal to accept what he sees as America's hostile environment. The novel tells a little about Miller's adolescent adventures in Brooklyn, his first love Una Gifford, a love affair with his piano teacher who was way older than him, his unhappy marriage with his first wife Beatrice, his years working at The Cosmodemonic Telegraph and his fateful meeting with his second wife Mara who he credits with changing his life and making him into a writer.

Henry Miller

 

American writer Henry Miller, born in Brooklyn, New York, is known for several 20th century works that reflect his own personal experiences, including Tropic of Cancer (1934), Black Spring (1936) and The Rosy Crucifixion Trilogy (1965). Miller's explicit and often obscene content led the way for a new generation of American writers. He died on June 7, 1980, in Pacific Palisades, California.