Sexus

Author: Henry Miller

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  • : $20.00 AUD
  • : 9780141399119
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
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  • : 0.351
  • : August 2015
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 22mm
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  • : 24.99
  • : September 2015
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  • : Henry Miller
  • : Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
  • : Paperback
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  • : English
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Barcode 9780141399119
9780141399119

Description

Sexus is the first volume of the scandalous trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, Henry Millers major life work Henry Miller called the end of his life in America and the start of a new, bohemian existence in 1930s 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.

Author description

Henry Miller (1891-1980) is one of the most important American writers of the 20th century. His best-known novels include Tropic of Cancer (1934), Tropic of Capricorn (1939), and the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy (Sexus, 1949, Plexus, 1953, and Nexus, 1959), all published in France and banned in the US and the UK until 1964. He is widely recognised as an irreverent, risk-taking writer who redefined the novel and made the link between the European avant-garde and the American Beat generation.