Nexus

'Goodbye, dear Pocohantas! Goodbye, P.T. Barnum! Goodbye, Street of EarlySorrows and may I never set eyes on you again!' When Henry Miller leftAmerica for Paris in the 1930s to lead the life of a literary bohemian, hecalled this death of his former existence and his resurrection as a writera 'rosy crucifixion'. This dramatic transformation provided the leitmotiffor some of Miller's finest writing, embodying everything he felt aboutself-liberation and the true life of the spirit. 'Nexus', the final volumein the 'Rosy Crucifixion' trilogy, is a fictionalised account of his last,tempestuous few months in New York. Trapped in a bizarre ménage ŕ troiswith his volatile actress wife, Mona, and her eccentric lover, Stasia,Miller's life descends into violent and passionate anarchy. Demoralised,exhausted and finally abandoned by the cunning and disloyal Mona, he sailsfor Paris.