 First American printing of Plexus, 1965 | |
| Author | Henry Miller |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Autobiographical novel |
| Publisher | Obelisk Press Grove Press |
Publication date | Sexus - 1949 Plexus - 1953 Nexus - 1959 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 1,462 |
The Rosy Crucifixion, a trilogy consisting of Sexus, Plexus, and Nexus, is a fictionalized account documenting the six-year period of Henry Miller's life in Brooklyn as he falls for his second wife June and struggles to become a writer, leading up to his initial departure for Paris in 1928. The title comes from a sentence near the end of Miller's Tropic of Capricorn: "All my Calvaries were rosy crucifixions, pseudo-tragedies to keep the fires of hell burning brightly for the real sinners who are in danger of being forgotten."[1]
- ^ New York: Grove Press, 1961, p. 325.