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?