by Henry Miller · Rowohlt Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783499141638
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«Das Lächeln am Fuße der Leiter» is Henry Miller's story illustrated by Joan Miró, published by Rowohlt Taschenbuch in paperback (78 pages, in German).
The story follows Augusto, a clown who has turned stillness into art: seated at the foot of a ladder with a lost gaze, he feigns an ecstasy that fascinates the audience. The narrative, presented as an imaginary biography, delves into the artist's vocation and the search for meaning beyond mere entertainment.
Work originally published in 1948 as The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder; this German edition uses Herbert Zand's translation.
Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blends character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, stream of consciousness, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association, and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricorn, and the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, which are based on his experiences in New York City and Paris, and all of which were banned in the United States until 1961. He also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism and painted watercolors.
