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Aller Retour New York

Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pages
105
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780141398860
Language
en
ClassicsEssaysBiographyMemoirTravel

About the book

Henry Miller always said that his best writing was in his letters, and this missive to his friend Alfred Perles is an exuberant, humorous account of his visit to New York in 1935 and return to Europe aboard a Dutch ship. Despite its high repute among Miller devotees, Aller Retour New York has never been easy to find. It was first brought out in Paris in 1935 in a limited edition, and a second edition, \"Printed for Private Circulation Only\", was issued in the United States ten years later. This edition also includes Via Dieppe Newhaven, a short story about a failed attempt to visit London, in which Henry Miller skewers the British and their habits.