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...
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Nov 03, 2010
When I read it as a student in the 70s I was fond of Miller's books - It's about 40 years ago, and I can't remember of it... In the book "Sexus" I found many underlined lines and asides plus Vocabular. I also discovered a few loose sheets on which Miller is mentioned, eg by Lawrence Durrell - The HM reader - "I am against pornography and for obscenity ... My books are not about sex but about self-liberation ... The full and joyful acceptance of the worst in oneself is the only way
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May 08, 2011
T.P.
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Read these novel/memoirs again, after some 40 years. Did not improve with age. Some parts are unflinchingly honest, but most of it a lot of hot air, Miller showing off self-education and book learning, and most times not a very sympathetic figure. Chaotically disorganized. To say it is self-indulgent is a gross understatement, even if you accept idea that an artist is "different" or finds motivation in unusual ways. Despite the infatuation with Mara/Mona, you never really get to k
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Feb 24, 2008
Ward
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This is one of my all time favorite books. A romance. Reminds me of Dylan's Blood On The Tracks, especially the song A Simple Twist of Fate. I think I discovered Miller when I was about 18 - a good age to discover him. It is flawed by self-love and may be rather dumb but it has an innocence, exuberance, and spiritual feeling that is hard to come by. It is his story: a great fairytale of following one's dreams. He really dies to the world and is reborn. Really funny too. A lot of people
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Nov 25, 2009
Francisco
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I read all 3 volumes in French translation in the mid 1970's. It was a good education just before I moved to New York City !
Feb 10, 2010
Mark
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That fiction can sound like reality. That life can begin at 40 and continue after 50.
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May 14, 2007
Bradley
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This trilogy covers some of the same material, roughly, that Miller's other Trilogy, the Tropics and Black Spring cover, though these works are more vivid, more chronologically structured, and slightly more conceived. Who knows, if I had read these first, which I would prefer?
Nov 12, 2008
Charlie
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A lot of women say Miller is a sexist. I think he's just tragically forthright and honest. This trilogy blew my mind but I've yet to find another Miller book I could finish or enjoy. Perhaps this is another perfect personal reaction to so so literature
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