The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus, Plexus, Nexus
by Henry Miller
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Henry Miller's Rosy Crucifixion, his second major trilogy, took more than 10 years for the author to complete. Beginning in 1949 with Sexus, a work so controversial all of Paris was abuzz with L'Affaire Miller, (and publisher Maurice Girodias saw himself threatened with jail), following in 1952 with Plexus, and finally concluding with 1959's Nexus, the three works are a dazzling array of scenes, sexual encounters and ideas, covering Miller's final days in NY, his relationship with June show more Miller and her lover, his take on the arts, his favorite writers, his thoughts, his insights, his days and his nights, finally ending with a glorious farewell to the life he'd known and an anticipation of the life he would lead. show lessTags
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Trilogy of autobiographical novels by Henry Miller, based on his experiences in New York and Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. Among the most-banned books of the past century.
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- The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus, Plexus, Nexus
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- Sexus (1949) (1949); Plexus (1952) (1952); Nexus (1959) (1959)
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- The trilogy poses some combination problems due to the variety of published formats. This heading is for the complete trilogy, however published (and not only the New Traveller's Library edition). Please enter the individua... (show all)l parts under their own titles.
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