Tropic of Capricorn is a semi-autobiographical novel by Henry Miller, first published in Paris in 1938. The novel was subsequently banned in the United States until a 1961 Justice Department ruling declared that its contents were not obscene. It is a sequel to Miller's 1934 work, the Tropic of Cancer. Both Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer are published in the United States by Grove Press an imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Inc..
The novel is set in 1920s New York, where the narrator 'Henry V. Miller' works in the personnel division of the 'Cosmodemonic' telegraph company. Although the narrator's experiences closely parallel Miller's own time in New York working for the Western Union Telegraph Company, and he shares the author's name, the novel is considered a work of fiction.
The book is a story of spiritual awakening. Miller grinds down the reader with tales of poverty, suffering, and depravity, then attempts to create an experience of satiety. Much of the story surrounds his New York years of struggle with wife June Miller, and the process of finding his voice as a writer.
南回归线(Tropic of Capricorn),是太阳直射点回归运动时移到最南时所在的纬线,其纬度数值等于黄赤交角,大约在南纬23度25分。
南北回归线南、北回归线也是南温带、北温带与热带的分界线;南极圈、北极圈则是90度减去回归线的度数,是南温带、北温带与南寒带、北寒带的分界线。
每年冬至日(12月22日左右)这一天,太阳直射点南移至此,然后又向北移动。南半球南回归线以北至北回归线的区域每年太阳直射两次,获得的热量最多,形成为热带。因此南回归线是热带和南温带的分界线。
南回归线(tropic of capricorn)的英文名起源于二千多年前(命名这条线的时候),冬至日太阳直射到此处时,是处在黄道十二宫的摩羯座位置。现在则由于星体运动,而移动到了人马座的位置。