Miller eventually wrote the book in New York, since the outbreak of World War II forced him to return to the US in December 1939. He is inspired to write the “Colossus” by poet and writer George Katsimbalis, a mythical figure, much like Zorbas of Nikos Kazantzakis. While in Greece, Miller travels to Athens, Crete, Corfu, Poros, Hydra and Delphi. By that time, Miller is already a huge literary sensation in Paris, having published books such as the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, which were banned for years in the United States due to the strict laws about censorship and pornography then in force. In 1939, as the Nazis launch their attack against Europe, American writer Henry Miller leaves his beloved Paris (where for 9 years he had found refuge from the conservative slums of Brooklyn where he grew up) and travels to Greece, at the invitation of his good friend Lawrence Darell who lives in Corfu with his mother and siblings. On Τuesday 30 August, Reading Club facilitator Krystalli Glyniadaki will meet with book lovers at the Mediterranean Garden, to share experiences, emotions and ideas, as well as to exchange views, based on the book of the month. In August, the Cultural Center’s Book Club will be reading Henry Miller’s The Colossus of Maroussi.
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