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5Isawriterwhoissupremelytalented(a)verygood,or(b)quitegoodathisjob?
6Ifreadingfostersanunderstandingofcertainproblems,doesit(a)helpunderstanding,or (b)preventit?
7Ifyouaredesperatelytryingtogetajob,areyou(a)tryingveryhardtogetit,or(b)caring little
whetheryougetitornot?
8Isasensation(a)acertainty,or(b)justafeeling?
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Theywerealiveandtheyspoketome Backgroundinformation
ThisisfromTheBooksinMyLifebyHenryMiller(1861–1980),anAmericannovelist,writer andpainter.MillerwasborninNewYork,livedinParis1930–1939,andtheninCalifornia. Hisbest-knownworksblendfiction,autobiography,socialcriticismandmysticism:Tropicof Cancer(1934publishedinFrance)describeshislifeandlovesinParisandbecauseofits sexualfranknessitwasnotpublishedintheUSAtill1961;BlackSpring(1936)hasten autobiographicalstories;TropicofCapricorn(1939)isabouthisyearswiththeWestern UnionTelegraphCompany;TheColossusofMaroussi(1941),consideredbysomecriticsto behisbestwork,isatravelbookaboutpeoplefromhisstayinGreece.
InTheBooksinMyLife(1969)Millerlooksat100booksthatinfluencedhim.Hislistincludes childrenbo’oskswrittenoriginallyforadults(egAliceinWonderland,TheArabianNights,
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GreekMythsandLegends,RobinsonCrusoe,TheThreeMusketeers);manyFrenchnovels andpoetry(egbyBalzac,Hugo,Giono,Nerval,Proust,Rimbaud,Huysmans,Maeterlinck), Germannovels(byMann,Hesse,Dreiser)andtheChineseLaoTseandFenollosaTh’es ChineseWrittenCharacterasaMediumforPoetry,besidesworkbyAmericanwriters(Twain, Emerson,Thoreau,Whitman),Dostoievshy,Nietzsche,Joyceandwritersonspiritualtopics. Culturepoints
AugustStrindberg(1849–1912):ASwedishplaywrightandaprolificwriterofnovels,short stories,satires,essaysandpoems,andaphotographer,whotriedvariousjobsbefore becomingassistantlibrarianattheRoyalLibraryinStockholmandestablishedan experimentaltheatre.Heisbestknownforhisplays,includingTheFather(1887)andMiss Julie(1888),andforhisvitality,vigour,andbrilliantuseoflanguage.
MillercitesStrindberg’sautobiTohgeraCphoinesfe,ssionofaFool(vol.2),apassionatelove storyandaccountofproblemsinhismarriage,andTheInferno(vol.3),astudyofhis
religiousconversion,delusionsandneuroseswhichreflectStrindberg’speriodsofmental instability.
BlaiseCendrars(1887–1961)isthepennameofFrédéricSauser,aS-wboisrsnFrench
novelist,shortstorywriter,poet,andfilm-maker,wholedalifeofconstanttravel(hewas borninanItalianrailwaytrain)doingvariousjobsinRussia,Europe,NorthandSouth AmericaandAsia–heissaidtohaveshoveledcoalonsteamtrainsinChina.Helosthis rightarmfightingforFranceinWorldWarI.Hisproseincludesvivid,witty,action-packed novels,likeMoravagine(1926),whichdescribetravelandadventure,orworksdirectly inspiredbyhisownexperience,likeTheAstonishedMan(1945)andTheCutHand(1946),
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andfourvolumesofmemoirs.Milleradmiredhisworkandlists‘virtuallythecomplete works’ofCendrarsasinfluentialreading.
RémydeGourmont(1858–1915):aFrenchwriterof50books:essays,novelsandpoetry, withastronginterestinmedievalLatinliterature;asacritichewasadmiredbyT.S.Eliot.He wasalibrarianattheNationalLibraryinParis;later,apainfulskindiseasekepthimlargely athome.Hewasinfluentialinthesymbolistmovementinliterature.Heclaimedthatawork ofartexistsonlythroughtheemotionitgivesus.Heassertedtheneedtogetawayfromthe unquestioningacceptanceofcommonplaceideasandassociationsofideas,andbelievedit wasnecessaryforthoughttoproceedbyimageryratherthanbyideas.
JuliusCaesar(110BC–44BC):aRomanstatesman,knownasagreatmilitarystrategist.As ageneralhewasfamousfortheconquestofGaul(modernFranceandBelgium)whichhe addedtotheRomanEmpire.HealsomadetwoexpeditionstoBritain,wasgovernorof SpainandtraveledinNorthAfricaandEgypt.Hewasagoodspeakerandhewroteseveral booksofcommentariesandmemoirsonRomanwarsandmilitarycampaigns.Caesar’s writingisoftenstudiedtodaybythosewholearnLatin.
TheJuliusCaesarofliterature:thisphrasecomparesCendrarswithCaesar:bothweremen ofaction,travelers,adventurers,explorers,whosomehowfoundtimetoreadalotandwrite books.
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1Thefact,however,thatinthepastIdidmostofmyworkwithouttheaidoflibraryI lookuponasanadvantageratherthanadisadvantage.(Para1)
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Thisisirony.Milleriswritingabouttheimportanceofreadingandaboutkeybooksinhis life,butthereisaparadox:Onlyrecentlyhashebeenabletogetallthebookshehas wantedallhislife(iehenowhasmoney,asabest-sellingwriter,tobuybooks)and,asa writer,hewrotebookswithoutthehelpofalibrary.Hesaysthatnothavingbookswasan advantage.TheexplanationisprobablythatMillerwritingwas’amsixetaurrleyof autobiographyandfiction,sohedidn’tneedtoreadotherbooktsheomrretofedrotohis
ownwriting.Theironyisthatheissayingthisinabookaboutthebookstheinfluencedhim. 2Agoodbooklivesthroughthepassionaterecommendationofonereadertoanother. (Para3)
Millerthinksthatagoodpartofthe‘life’ofabookishowonereaderrecommendsitto another
withenthusiasm,iebooksareaboutsharingexperience,notjusttheauthor’sexperiencein thebookandthereader’sexperienceofreadingit,butalsotheexperienceof word-of-mouthorface-to-facerecommendationbyotherreaders. 3Andthebetterthemanthemoreeasilywillhepartwithhismostcherished possessions.(Para4)
ThiscontinuesMiller’sthoughtthatbooksareforsharing.Agoodpersonwillsharethings heorsheloves.Inthiscase,suchapersonwillgiveorlendfavouritebooksandsuch generositymakesfriends:Whenyougivebooksyougetfriendship.
4Ifyouarehonestwithyourselfyouwilldiscoverthatyourstaturehasincreasedfrom themereeffortofresistingyourimpulse.(Para6)
Miller’sargumenthereisthatyoushouldnotreadeverything,butthatyoushouldchoose
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