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Spy in the House of Love by Anaïs Nin (1959, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOhio University Press
ISBN-100804002800
ISBN-139780804002806
eBay Product ID (ePID)137828
Product Key Features
Book TitleSpy in the House of Love
Number of Pages139 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1959
TopicErotica / General, General, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorAnaïs Nin
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight6.4 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN66-006833
Reviews"A prose/poetry dream, a lyrical celebration of the inner life and the images it evokes." -- Daniel Stern
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Decimal813.5/2
SynopsisA Spy in the House of Love , whose heroine Sabina is deeply divided between her drive for artistic and sexual expression and social restrictions and self-created inhibitions, echoes Anaïs Nin's personal struggle with sex, love, and emotional fragmentation., Although Ana s Nin found in her diaries a profound mode of self-creation and confession, she could not reveal this intimate record of her own experiences during her lifetime. Instead, she turned to fiction, where her stories and novels became artistic "distillations" of her secret diaries. A Spy in the House of Love , whose heroine Sabina is deeply divided between her drive for artistic and sexual expression and social restrictions and self-created inhibitions, echoes Nin's personal struggle with sex, love, and emotional fragmentation. Written when Nin's own life was taut with conflicting loyalties, her protagonist Sabina repeatedly asks herself, can one idulge one's sensual restlessness, the fantasies, the relentless need for adventure without devastating consequences?, Although Anaïs Nin found in her diaries a profound mode of self-creation and confession, she could not reveal this intimate record of her own experiences during her lifetime. Instead, she turned to fiction, where her stories and novels became artistic "distillations" of her secret diaries. A Spy in the House of Love , whose heroine Sabina is deeply divided between her drive for artistic and sexual expression and social restrictions and self-created inhibitions, echoes Nin's personal struggle with sex, love, and emotional fragmentation. Written when Nin's own life was taut with conflicting loyalties, her protagonist Sabina repeatedly asks herself, can one idulge one's sensual restlessness, the fantasies, the relentless need for adventure without devastating consequences?
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