▁and ▁preceding ▁Trop ic ▁of ▁Cap ric orn . ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁written ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 - 3 3 ▁while ▁Miller ▁was ▁living ▁in ▁C lich y , ▁a ▁north western ▁sub urb ▁of ▁Paris . ▁It ▁is ▁divided ▁in ▁ten ▁almost ▁independent ▁sections . ▁Like ▁Trop ic ▁of ▁Can cer , ▁the ▁book ▁is ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Ana ï s ▁Nin . ▁ ▁Public ation ▁History ▁ ▁Black ▁Spring ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁Ob el isk ▁Press ▁in ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁but ▁not ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁due ▁to ▁obsc en ity ▁laws . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁Gro ve ▁Press ▁“ Black ▁Cat ” ▁edition ▁was ▁released , ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁stories ▁not ▁considered ▁obsc ene ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁other ▁Miller ▁volumes ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁Cos m ological ▁E ye , ▁published ▁by ▁New ▁Dire ctions . ▁Several ▁other ▁stories ▁had ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁New ▁Dire ctions ’ ▁annual , ▁New ▁Dire ctions ▁in ▁Pro se ▁and ▁Po etry . ▁ ▁Miller ▁on ▁Black ▁Spring ▁ ▁Miller , ▁like ▁his ▁critics , ▁had ▁a ▁high ▁opinion ▁of ▁the ▁book . ▁In ▁a ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁recording , ▁Miller ▁says : D uring ▁the ▁ten ▁years ▁I ▁spent ▁in ▁Paris , ▁I ▁must ▁have ▁written ▁seven ▁or ▁eight ▁books . ▁This ▁one , ▁Black ▁Spring , ▁I ▁like ▁the ▁best ▁of ▁all ▁I ▁wrote ▁during ▁that ▁period . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁wonderful ▁period ▁of ▁my ▁life .