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Quiet Days in Clichy

Here, even if I had a thousand dollar in my pocket, I know of no sight which could arouse in me the feeling of ecstasy`. Looking back to Henry Miller`s bohemian life in 1930s Paris, when he was an obscure, penniless writer, Quiet Days in Clichy is a love letter to a city. As he describes nocturnal wanderings through shabby Montmartre streets, cafes and bars, sexual liaisons and volatile love affairs, Miller brilliantly evokes a period that would shape his entire life and oeuvre. “His writing is flamboyant, torrential, chaotic, treacherous, and dangerous.” (Anais Nin).