“Waiting for Godot was not allowed. Neither was Henry Miller. The Soviets condemned them both. Miller would have been used as an example of decadence, being a very good analyst of how terrible and monstrous American culture was. That they liked, but they wouldn't publish him. I guess it must have been the sex. With Beckett, it must have been the hopelessness.”
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Barney Rosset
Barney Rosset, born on May 28, 1922, and died on February 21, 2012, was a prominent American publisher. He was known for his significant contributions to the promotion of modernist literature and free thought in the mid-20th century. more
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