This is not a blog in the ordinary sense of the word…

No, this is a guided walking tour, with sketches and asides and whatever else I come up with, following the steps of Henry Miller through Paris in the 1930′s.

If you’re a Miller fan traveling to Paris, the information in this blog will make it easy to find your way to the places he describes in Tropic of Cancer, Quiet Days in Clichy and other books with the relevant textual references close to hand.

Our first walk will cover the neighborhood of Montparnasse. There isn’t any content yet, but keep checking back or subscribe to the RSS feed and I’ll flesh things out in semi-regular installments.

5 comments on "This is not a blog in the ordinary sense of the word…"

Stefan Carapiet
February 3, 2007

Excellent site. An easy and possible good addition would be the Place Dupleix (15eme arrondissement), near the Eiffel Tower, where HM stayed with Osborn/Fillmore, and where the last part of Cancer happens.

Stefan Carapiet
February 5, 2007

Thanks too for the excellent photo of Osborne’s appt which I’d never seen

Rory O'Brien
February 17, 2009

Marvellous job, a real labour. I’m trying to describe a night at La Coupole with HM and your work has helped me no end, although it might be great if you could describe how a typical might have unfolded, depending on who HM knew was in town

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