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Apprenticed to Venus : My Secret Life with Anaïs Nin by Tristine Rainer (2017, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSkyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-101628727780

ISBN-139781628727784

eBay Product ID (ePID)227696186

Product Key Features

Book TitleApprenticed to Venus : My Secret Life with Anaïs Nin

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

TopicWomen Authors, Diaries & Journals, American / General, Literary

GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections

AuthorTristine Rainer

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight22.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2017-032162

Reviews"Before Lena Dunham, there was Anas Nin." - The Guardian "A perceptive and revolutionary work." - Anas Nin on The New Diary "Extensively researched, useful...all you've wanted to know." - Los Angeles Times on The New Diary "Perceptive and readable from start to finish." - Publisher's Weekly on The New Diary "A book both practical and inspiring. Rainer knows how to shape autobiography into art, and she shares this knowledge with clarity, enthusiasm, and a knack for choosing writers' words that best illustrate her point." -- Bernard Cooper, personal essayist and memoirist, author of Maps to Anywhere on Your Life As a Story, Named a "Best Summer Read" by Elle Magazine! Praise for Tristine Rainer's Apprenticed to Venus : "[A] spicy and saucy hybrid of memoir and novel . . . Feminists and fans of Nin's work will enjoy this unique insider's portrait of a complex, pivotal figure in women's liberation." -- Kirkus "Rainer blends memoir and imagination in this engaging examination of her relationship with author Anaïs Nin . . . a fascinating personal journey." -- Publisher's Weekly "Mysterious, glamorous, intellectual . . . with vivid language and lush scenes, this memoir makes for an exciting read." -- Bust Magazine "There are fateful decisions which mark one for life. Young Tristine Rainer's first encounter with charismatic, enigmatic Anaïs Nin unfolds into a decades-long apprenticeship suspenseful as a thriller. The advantages and perils of a mentor/apprentice relationship with such a seductive, brilliant and dangerous mentor is absolutely spellbinding. Revelations, especially toward the end of the book, changed my understanding of the Nin story" --Janet Fitch, New York Times bestselling author of White Oleander "This stunning, achingly honest memoir confirms that the erotic is neither obscene nor ordinary, and that the heart's desire is both dangerous and innocent." --Mark Sundeen, author of The Unsettlers "This is one of those delicious memoirs one can't stop reading . . . Tristine Rainer takes us into the hot pulsing heart of Nin's world . . . an alluring as well as compulsively readable story." --Jay Parini, author of Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal "The action-packed adventures of the larger-than-life Anaïs Nin and her young friend Tristine are vivid and glorious, but what broke my heart wide open were the haunting meditations on passion and devotion and the secrets that bond and bind us. A brave and beautiful work." --Kathleen Adams, author of Journal to the Self "Stunning, intoxicating, original. Apprenticed to Venus is nothing short of phenomenal, and we owe Tristine as much for her craftsmanship as we do Anaïs for flipping infidelity on its chauvinist head!" --Chip Jacobs, author of Strange As It Seems: The Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler "A fascinating introduction to an extraordinary woman who raised lying to an art form, but whose essential honesty transcends the falsehoods. A book that will challenge and enthrall." --Joanna Hodgkin, author of Amateurs in Eden: The Story of a Bohemian Marriage: Nancy and Lawrence Durrell "An unforgettable, intimate narrative that brilliantly captures one of the most fascinating personalities of the twentieth century." --Crystal King, author of Feast of Sorrow Praise for Tristine Rainer's The New Diary : "A perceptive and revolutionary work." - Anaïs Nin on The New Diary "Extensively researched, useful...all you've wanted to know." - Los Angeles Times on The New Diary "Perceptive and readable from start to finish." - Publisher's Weekly on The New Diary "A book both practical and inspiring. Rainer knows how to shape autobiography into art, and she shares this knowledge with clarity, enthusiasm, and a knack for choosing writers' words that best illustrate her point." -- Bernard Cooper, personal essayist and memoirist, author of Maps to Anywhere on Rainer's Your Life As a Story "An inherently fascinating read from cover to cover, Apprenticed to Venus: My Secret Life with Anais Nin is a 'must' for the legions of Anais Nine fans. An extraordinarily well written, deeply personal, impressively candid memoir."-- Midwest Book Review, "Before Lena Dunham, there was Anaïs Nin." - The Guardian "A perceptive and revolutionary work." - Anaïs Nin on The New Diary "Extensively researched, useful...all you've wanted to know." - Los Angeles Times on The New Diary "Perceptive and readable from start to finish." - Publisher's Weekly on The New Diary "A book both practical and inspiring. Rainer knows how to shape autobiography into art, and she shares this knowledge with clarity, enthusiasm, and a knack for choosing writers' words that best illustrate her point." -- Bernard Cooper, personal essayist and memoirist, author of Maps to Anywhere on Your Life As a Story

SynopsisNamed a "Best Summer Read" by Elle Magazine! A Revealing Look at the Mentorship--and Manipulation--of Anaïs Nin, A Revealing Look at the Mentorship--and Manipulation--of Anaïs Nin In 1962, eighteen-year-old Tristine Rainer was sent on an errand to Anaïs Nin's West Village apartment. The chance meeting would change the course of her life and begin her years as Anaïs's accomplice, keeping her mentor's confidences--including that of her bigamy--even after Anaïs Nin's death and the passing of her husbands, until now. Set in the underground literary worlds of Manhattan and Los Angeles during the sixties and seventies, Tristine charts her coming of age under the guidance of the infamous Anaïs Nin: author of the erotic bestseller Delta of Venus , lover to Henry Miller, Parisian diarist, and feminist icon of the sexual revolution. As an inexperienced college-bound girl from the San Fernando Valley, Tristine was dazzled by the sophisticated bohemian author and sought her instruction in becoming a woman. Tristine became a fixture of Anaïs's inner circle, implicated in the mysterious author's daring intrigues--while simultaneously finding her own path through love, lust, and loss. In what Kirkus calls a "spicy and saucy hybrid of memoir and novel," Apprenticed to Venus brings to life a seductive and entertaining character --the pioneer whose mantra was, "A woman has as much right to pleasure as a man!" An intimate look at the intricacies--and risks--of the female mentor-protégé relationship, Tristine Rainer's Apprenticed to Venus stories her deep friendship, for good or ill, with a pivotal historical figure., A Revealing Look at the Mentorship--and Manipulation--of Ana s Nin In 1962, eighteen-year-old Tristine Rainer was sent on an errand to Ana s Nin's West Village apartment. The chance meeting would change the course of her life and begin her years as Ana s's accomplice, keeping her mentor's confidences--including that of her bigamy--even after Ana s Nin's death and the passing of her husbands, until now. Set in the underground literary worlds of Manhattan and Los Angeles during the sixties and seventies, Tristine charts her coming of age under the guidance of the infamous Ana s Nin: author of the erotic bestseller Delta of Venus , lover to Henry Miller, Parisian diarist, and feminist icon of the sexual revolution. As an inexperienced college-bound girl from the San Fernando Valley, Tristine was dazzled by the sophisticated bohemian author and sought her instruction in becoming a woman. Tristine became a fixture of Ana s's inner circle, implicated in the mysterious author's daring intrigues--while simultaneously finding her own path through love, lust, and loss. In what Kirkus calls a "spicy and saucy hybrid of memoir and novel," Apprenticed to Venus brings to life a seductive and entertaining character --the pioneer whose mantra was, "A woman has as much right to pleasure as a man " An intimate look at the intricacies--and risks--of the female mentor-prot g relationship, Tristine Rainer's Apprenticed to Venus stories her deep friendship, for good or ill, with a pivotal historical figure.

LC Classification NumberPS3527.I865Z84 2017