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Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Rate this book. Henry Miller. Henry Miller's Rosy Crucifixion, his second major trilogy, took more than 10 years for the author to complete. Beginning in 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 with Plexus, and finally concluding with '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 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. Loading interface About the author. Henry Miller books 4, followers. Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist.

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A wholly new life lay before me, had I the courage to risk all. When Henry Miller left America for Paris in the s to lead the life of a literary bohemian, he called this death of his former existence and his resurrection as a writer a 'rosy crucifixion'. This dramatic transformation provided the leitmotif for some of Miller's finest writing, embodying everything he felt about self-liberation and the true life of the spirit. Frantically seeking antidotes to his dreary job and life 'in a morbidly respectable neighbourhood' with his wife Maude, Miller becomes obsessed with the promiscuous and mysterious Mara, dance hall hostess, femme fatale and pathological liar. First published in Paris in , this picaresque, extraordinarily candid tale of Miller's sexual escapades amongst the low-life of Brooklyn was banned in Great Britain and America for nearly twenty years. Account Options Ieiet.

Sexus is the first volume of the scandalous trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion , Henry Miller's major life work. Henry Miller called the end of his life in America and the start of a new, bohemian existence in s Paris his 'rosy crucifixion'. His searing fictionalized autobiography of this time of liberation was banned for nearly twenty years. Sexus , the first volume in The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, looks back to his early sexual escapades in Brooklyn, and his growing infatuation with the playful, teasing dance hall hostess who will become the great obsession of his life. Search books and authors. Buy from…. View all retailers.

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Ground breaking is to say the least. Roman Clodia. No one is perfect, they say to themselves, and at least we can not tax hypocrisy in this writer who perseveres in painting in such colors. He made me realize that I'm completely okay the way that I am, that perfection isn't even truly perfection itself. Author 1 book followers. The extraordinarily candid tale of Miller's sexual escapades amongst the low-life of Brooklyn, banned in Great Britain and America for nearly twenty years after its first publication in Publish as it is or not at all. This semi - autobiographical work is, in itself, very good fiction. It is for this reason alone that I gave this edition a rating of one star. Condition: Akzeptabel. Firstly, I couldn't put this book with my Nin collection, as this is not erotica. What the general reader or the critic makes of them is not my concern. But Larry, I can never go back on what I've written. Is this a sensational way to write a book? Pulling to covers.

A wholly new life lay before me, had I the courage to risk all. When Henry Miller left America for Paris in the s to lead the life of a literary bohemian, he called this death of his former existence and his resurrection as a writer a 'rosy crucifixion'.

This is warts and all story telling of one mans defeat in everything he was puruing in life but he continues to spit out his philosophical arguments and his world view at the very moments when he is at his lowest ebb, oblivious to how incongrous this may all seem. Author 2 books 17 followers. Plenty of reviews have been written here on this trilogy. Community Reviews. I am so hung up on her blowjobs and taxi quickies, I overlook that she is an impetuous liar. Although it is not a nuisance as I can bang any crap with a hole, yet her customary snide of me being a promiscuous prick, not caring about the family or my child smacks the shit out of me. I'll let you discover it. I mention my thoughts here, though I could pick virtually any Henry book. The gratuitious sex scenes almost turned me off from this book only for their sheer unbelievability and ridiculous frequency Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good. A romance.