Henry Miller Recalls and Reflects [Interview 1956] (4/9)

[vudu8ball]

If i had to be in a life boat with someone I'd much prefer it were Henry Miller. Maybe he isn't a great writer but he is a great authentic human being and they are far rarer than great artists.

[ganazby]

I read a Martin Amis interview recently, in which he condescendingly described Miller as a "second rank" writer. In my view, Miller is a first rank writer, whose oeuvre far supercedes Amis and his narrow, upper-middle-class view of humanity. Miller was an artist to his core; Amis is a pretender, whose novels will be long forgotten before he's in the grave.

[josiahsixkiller]

@ganazby Martin Amis, never heard of him.