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Henry Miller was one of the most distinctive voices in twentieth-century literature. Better known in Europe than in his native America for most of this career, he achieved international success and celebrity during the 1960s when his banned "Paris" books - beginning with Tropic of Cancer - were published here and judged by the Supreme Court not to be obscene. Until then he had toiled in relative obscurity and poverty.

Drawing from the author's original, uncensored journals, Fire follows Anaïs Nin's journey as she attempts to liberate herself sexually, artistically, and emotionally. While referring to her relationships with psychoanalyst Otto Rank and author Henry Miller, as well as a new lover, the Peruvian Gonzalo More, she also reveals that her most passionate and enduring affair is with writing itself.

Autor de novelas polémicas pero monumentales como Primavera negra y Trópico de Capricornio, cuyo tono crudo y sensual escandalizaron a los Estados Unidos de mediados del siglo XX, Miller influyó notablemente en la llamada Generación Beat, denunciando la hipocresía moral de la sociedad norteamericana y los tabúes existentes en su seno.

Una morte sconvolgente, ossessivamente annunciata, preparata con implacabile meticolosità e infine celebrata dinanzi al mondo come un rituale spettacolare e tragico. L'uscita di scena di Mishima ha rappresentato al tempo stesso l'apoteosi del personaggio, condannato da un demone inquieto a una vita perennemente sopra le righe, e la parola conclusiva dello scrittore, la sigla di un'opera in cui gioventù, bellezza e morte appaiono intrecciate in un destino ineluttabile.