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Plexus
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Plexus
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Henry Miller
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Series | Penguin Modern Classics |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:528 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780141399126
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Classifications | Dewey:813.52 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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Imprint |
Penguin Classics
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Publication Date |
6 August 2015 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Plexus is the second volume of the scandalous trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, Henry Miller's major life work The second volume of The Rosy Crucifixion, Plexus is the core of the trilogy, the audacious story of a man looking for freedom and the true life of the spirit. It finds the young Henry Miller in the midst of his second tumultuous marriage with the dance hall hostess Mona, as he is constantly challenged by her volatile personality, and takes readers back to his childhood in early 20th-century Brooklyn as well as his first attempts at becoming a writer. Funny and shocking, erotic and philosophical, the trilogy tells, according to Miller, 'the story of the most tragic suffering any man had endured'.
Author Biography
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.
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