Reviews
"Trapeze gives us the iconic writer leading a teetering, emotionally jet-fueled existence, torn between her attachment to her husband of decades and her passion for a much younger lover. The intense, intimate portrait of the woman behind the mysterious Nin legend -- and all the hunger and charm and deception that comprised this high-wire act of a life -- makes addictive reading indeed."-- Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander and Paint It Black: A Novel, "Trapeze gives us the iconic writer leading a teetering, emotionally jet-fueled existence, torn between her attachment to her husband of decades and her passion for a much younger lover. The intense, intimate portrait of the woman behind the mysterious Nin legend--and all the hunger and charm and deception that comprised this high-wire act of a life--makes addictive reading indeed."--Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander and Paint It Black: A Novel, "Anas Nin's emotional, erotic circus was not only a trapeze, but also a high-wire act. This carefully edited presentation of previously unpublished material underscores her insatiable search for impossibly perfect life partners. As has long been established, the most memorable character in Nin's writing is Nin herself."--Philip K. Jason, editor of Anas Nin Reader, Anaïs Nin's emotional, erotic circus was not only a trapeze, but also a high-wire act. This carefully edited presentation of previously unpublished material underscores her insatiable search for impossibly perfect life partners. As has l|9780804011815|, "Nin's diaries still challenge and astonish today because she was utterly daring....The unexpurgated diaries illuminate the spectacular process of self-mythology for a courageous wife, lover, and artist....[In Trapeze ], striving to reconcile a split existence, Nin finds herself marking down dissatisfactions with each man's shortcomings and tempting fate in thrilling ventures, although she cannot help but behold both with understanding, compassion, and love. Trapeze offers Nin's solution to such a dilemma: embrace ambivalence. Choose everything, choose both, choose between, and choose all." -- World Literature Today, "Trapeze gives us Anas Nin at her best--the Nin who probes various facets of love and tries to capture the intricacies of her relationships, who can be ruthlessly critical of others, but who also exposes her own vulnerabilities."--Anita Jarczok, author of Writing an Icon: Celebrity Culture and the Invention of Anas Nin, "Trapeze gives us Anaïs Nin at her best--the Nin who probes various facets of love and tries to capture the intricacies of her relationships, who can be ruthlessly critical of others, but who also exposes her own vulnerabilities."--Anita Jarczok, author of Writing an Icon: Celebrity Culture and the Invention of Anaïs Nin, "Anaïs Nin's emotional, erotic circus was not only a trapeze, but also a high-wire act. This carefully edited presentation of previously unpublished material underscores her insatiable search for impossibly perfect life partners. As has long been established, the most memorable character in Nin's writing is Nin herself."--Philip K. Jason, editor of Anaïs Nin Reader
