{"product_id":"big-sur-and-the-oranges-of-hieronymus-bosch","title":"Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Henry Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: New Directions Publishing (1957)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his great triptych “The Millennium,” Bosch used oranges and other fruits to symbolize the delights of Paradise. Whence Henry Miller’s title for this, one of his most appealing books; first published in 1957, it tells the story of Miller’s life on the Big Sur, a section of the California coast where he lived for fifteen years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig Sur\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the portrait of a place–one of the most colorful in the United States–and of the extraordinary people Miller knew there: writers (and writers who did not write), mystics seeking truth in meditation (and the not-so-saintly looking for sex-cults or celebrity), sophisticated children and adult innocents; geniuses, cranks and the unclassifiable, like Conrad Moricand, the “Devil in Paradise” who is one of Miller’s greatest character studies. Henry Miller writes with a buoyancy and brimming energy that are infectious. He has a fine touch for comedy. But this is also a serious book–the testament of a free spirit who has broken through the restraints and clichés of modern life to find within himself his own kind of paradise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44139348852835,"sku":"9780811201070","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/bigsur.jpg?v=1777066238","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/big-sur-and-the-oranges-of-hieronymus-bosch","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}