About this title: 'The Colossus of Marroussi' is Henry Miller's account of his remarkable stay in Greece during the year war was breaking out over Europe.
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Fair. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased and soiled; several small tears and chips; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine creased/ several pages and page tips creased/ pages slightly yellowed/ readers slant. read more
Description: Very Good. 0811201090 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1950
ISBN-13:9780140095166ISBN:0140095160
Description: Good. Reliable paperback edition. Slight yellowing of the pages. A bit of writing on the inside front cover page. Some shelf wear to the covers. A few scuff marks to the covers. The cover has a few corner fold marks. A bit of scuff to the page edge. Clean text. This edition is useful and presentable. read more
Binding: S Trade Paperback
Publisher: New Directions, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780811201094ISBN:0811201090
Description: New. Appears to be unread with perfectly square spine, solid, sharp--you'll feel like you could jump a tall buidling with a single bound when this book arrives at your doorstep! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean unmarked pages are lightly tanning at edges. Taped tear at top of front cover. Wear at base of spine. 248p., 18 cm. First published in U.S.A. Colt P., 1941. read more
Description: FINE/Trade pb. Henry Miller's personal impressions of ancient Greece after his visit to Greece in 1939 with Lawrence Durrell. In very nice, unmarked condition. No leans or curls, clean, straight. Penguin trade pb, 24pp read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780140007848ISBN:0140007849
Description: Fair. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Book shows heavy wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers stained, heavy edge wear/ good reader's copy/ first 10 pages slightly wrinkled-possible light water damage, does not affect text/corners creased/ several pages creased and slightly crumpled. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1958
Description: Used-Good. Ex-Library. Softcover. We individually inspect and grade each book. Our books are professionally packaged and processed quickly. read more
Edition: Early edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: A New Directions Paperbook
Date Published: 1958
Description: Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Neat owner's name to opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. read more
Edition: 28th Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: A New Directions Paperbook/New Directions Publishing Corporation, New York
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780811201094ISBN:0811201090
Description: Like New. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 244 pp. Virtually flawless book. read more
"This was the worst book I have read in months. Incoherent, the style disgusting, raving endlessly about everything and nothing at all. I had to skip pages all the time, there is no other way to read this book. I have heard he was quite a helpless writer and a pornographer, but I could not guess how really bad he actually is: he is unreadable.
As for Katsimbalis and his gang (the 30s generation) you won't get to learn a lot about them from this book - it simply does not deliver the goods. Very few passages, scattered here and there, do actually talk about Katsimbalis, so even the title is misleading.
(My review is for the 1965 greek translation of the book, which at least had a better cover than this one I see here. What is this? one of the Delphi kouroi posing as Katsimpalis? ha, ha, ridiculous)."
"Une déscription intéressante d´un pays oú les habitants, selon Miller, a compris le sens de la vie. A lire pour ceux qui planifient aller en Grece et qui essaie d´obtenir une compréhension profonde d´un pays mythique qui a donné beaucoup au monde. A s´abstenir pour ceux qui y vont pour se comporter comme des cochons en compagnie des gens du même lycée que toi et boire Mojitos sur Mykonos ou Santorini."
"the greatest travel book ever written?? O.K, Invisible Cites is probably number one. But this is a close second. I know many people are not really into miller. He can get kind of tiring if read one after the other. But even if you dont care for Miller; you really should try this one. Those over-the-top rants he always has in his books are truely inspiring when applied to traveling. To see someone so in love with the spirit of a place is such a wonderful thing. But this is not one of those Miller books that just goes over the deep end and keeps free-falling. His almost blind love for Greece is so tempered by his angry(?) insight and commentary. Instead of just gushing at length of his travels; he really tries to get at the "authen tic" spirit of a place and its people. I only everyone could aproach travel this way!!!!"
"This is the only Henry Miller book I read that wouldn't be classified as pornography. Most of his books, nearly all autobiographical, contain detailed accounts of his many sexual escapades. Luckily, this one is different. His writing is beautiful. He mastered the non-fiction genre. At times, his thoughts soar through the heavens with truly enlightening spiritual insights. And at other times, he describes everyday events with true, vivid life. He's the master of real-life storytelling. When you read this book, you can't help but want to experience the places and events he did."
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