Henry Miller is a literary giant whose pivotal works affected the course of twentieth century literature. When Miller was a frail old man in his late eighties he met the last great love of his life, a beautiful young actress and dancer named Brenda Venus. Miller soon began a correspondence with Venus, pouring all the love and ardor he could not physically express into the letters he wrote, sometimes as many as three or four a day. This extraordinary love story is culled from the hundreds of letters across the several years of their moving, unique affair. Along with Miller's letters, Brenda Venus provides a continuing text that chronicles the events of their lives and the deep affection that bound them together until Miller's death at age eighty-nine.
Miller was one of America's greatest writers and in a fashion, this is Henry Miller's last book. As such it is a literary event. But much more, this is a human, joyous story, a story about a rare love between a young woman and a very old man whose last days were lit with happiness.