HENRY MILLER
Original Print on an Autograph Letter Signed about his Daughter, Val.
Miller writes to his Japanese translator and language teacher, Michiyo Wantanabe. He began his study with Wantanabe in 1967, the same year he married Hoki Tokuda, a Japanese musician living in California. Miller explains that his daughter, Val, wants to come back home to, "spend the winter with us as her business there [in Colorado] is no good and she doesn't want to spend the winter in that cold climate... I said of course...and stay as long as she likes...." He tells Michiyo that " a friend...will cook for everyone." He explains that because he told Michiyo, "so many unpleasant things about her [his daughter] that you might be frightened to live in the same house...I want to give you a chance to think it over...." He speculates that his daughter "needs to come home - short of money...homesick...lost another lover??" Our letter offer insight into Miller's perception of his role as a father as well as an insight into his view of his daughter. A fine personal and visually attractive letter. The decorative orange, white and gray print along the side margin also shows through on verso.
Miller is best known for "Tropic of Cancer" (1934), and "Tropic of Capricorn" (1939), travel memoirs and as literary criticism as well as for his art work.
Item #5081
Price: $1,900.00