![]() In between the detailing of his attempts to fulfill his top three priorities, the narrator also tends to go off on a tangent and rant about philosophy of the world and life. ![]() His days are filled with preoccupation of getting his next meal, his next lay and when he would finish his novel. It is quickly made known the narrator’s three top priorities – food, sex and writing. Broke and unemployed, he relies on the kindness (or stupidity) of his friends, acquaintances and strangers to stay sheltered and fed. The narrative is written in a stream of consciousness style as he recounts and takes us through his days. The narrator in the novel remains unnamed throughout except for one instance when he is called Henry. ![]() It is, as it is largely known now, a fictionalised autobiography of Henry Miller’s own experiences during his time Paris. Well! Where do I begin with this? Set in Paris in the 1930s, this story follows an American expatriate as he struggles with being down and out and with finishing his first novel. ![]()
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