he spent the next year living on the greek island of corfu. on corfu he was the guest of the writer lawrence durrell. miller described his visit in his travel memoir "the colossus of maroussi". it was published in 1941. miller considered it to be his best work. when world war ii started, miller returned to the united states. for several years he lived in big sur in california. big sur is on the pacific ocean near carmel. many writers and artists lived there. in big sur miller began work on his novel "sexus", the first part of his trilogy "the rosy crucifixion". it was published in 1949 and tells the story of his early life in new york and first two marriages. the other two novels in the trilogy were "plexus" published in 1953 and "nexus" published in 1959. they continue the story of his second marriage and his years in paris. in 1963 miller moved to pacific palisades near los angeles. he lived there for the rest of his life.