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2 unusual facts about Alfred Perlès


Alfred Perles

In 1933, American writer Henry Miller - not yet known - took an apartment with Perlès in Clichy.

Born in Vienna in 1897, to Czech Jewish parents, Perlès struggled as a writer in Paris during his early 30s, where he worked for a while for the Paris office of the Chicago Tribune.


Aller Retour New York

Published after his breakthrough book Tropic of Cancer, Aller Retour New York takes the form of a long letter from Miller to his friend Alfred Perlès in Paris.


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