This author's lover Anais Nin helped edit that novel, which follows his time in Paris as a struggling writer.
he narrator of a novel by this author imagines that the world transforms into "an entomologist's dream," as the earth tilts off-axis with Matisse at its center. The narrator chances upon a factory where mutilated people walk off with their eventual coffins in a dream sequence titled "Into the Night Life" from a novel by this author. This author declared at the start of a novel that "this is not a book," but rather "a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Beauty." That novel by this author ends with its protagonist (*) wading into the Seine and imagining himself merging with the universe. This author's sophomore novel, Black Spring, came on the heels of his book whose 1961 publication by Grove Press resulted in an obscenity trial that went to the Supreme Court. This author's lover Anais Nin helped edit that novel, which follows his time in Paris as a struggling writer. For 10 points, name this author of Tropic of Cancer.
he narrator of a novel by this author imagines that the world transforms into "an entomologist's dream," as the earth tilts off-axis with Matisse at its center.
Henry Miller