Aller Retour New York - Essays (Paper)

Aller Retour New Yorkis truly vintage Henry Miller, written during his most creative period, betweenTropic of Cancer(1934) andTropic of Capricorn(1939). Miller always said that his best writing was in his letters, and this unbuttoned missive to his friend Alfred Perlès is not only his longest (nearly 80 pages!) but his best-an exuberant, rambling, episodic, 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 Yorkhas 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. It is now available in paperback as a Revived Modern Classic, with an introduction by George Wickes that illuminates the people and personal circumstances which informAller Retour New York.