A French-born novelist, passionate eroticist, and short story writer, who gained international fame with her journals. Spanning the years from 1931 to 1974, they chronicle one woman's profound voyage of self-discovery and assertion of individuality. Initially overlooked, she rose to prominence in the 1960s and is now regarded as a leading female writer of the 20th century. Her work serves as an inspiration for women challenging conventionally defined gender roles, championing the idea that a woman's primary identity is to be human.
Exploring themes of eroticism, homosexuality, and androgyny, this novel delves into the psychological complexities of its characters, many of whom reflect aspects of the author herself. Divided into two parts, "The Sealed Room" and "The Café," it showcases Nin's distinctive diaristic style and employs layered metaphors to vividly convey the intricacies of human relationships and desires.
Volume 2 of The Quotable Anais Nin contains 365 quotations (one for each day of the year) with confirmed citations. The contents are divided into categories of Lust for Life; Love and Sensuality; Consciousness; Women and Men; and Writing and Art. The quotations come from a wide spectrum of Anais Nin's work, some of it as yet unpublished, including her famous diaries, fiction, erotica, critical work, lectures, and interviews. Collected, edited and introduced by Paul Herron.
Originally published in 1936, House of Incest is Anaïs Nin's first work of fiction. Based on Nin's dreams, the novel is a surrealistic look within the narrator's subconscious as she attempts to distance herself from a series of all-consuming and often taboo desires.
Noveller. Transgressive desires and sexual encounters are recounted in these four pieces
Anaïs Nin, die Schöpferin der weiblichen Sprache der Sexualität, gab "Das Delta der Venus" erst kurz vor ihrem Tod frei - 35 Jahre, nachdem sie diese ungemein direkten Schilderungen geschrieben hatte. Die fünfzehn erotischen Episoden stellen in der Tat das meiste in den Schatten, was wir an erotischer Literatur aus der Feder einer Frau kennen.
A naive model slowly discovering her sexuality; an erotic moonlight encounter on a beach; a man teaching the art of passion in a gypsy caravan; and a woman in love with a scent from Fez - Anais Nin's stories explore the nature of sex and the awakening of desire.
Die Erzählungen von Anaïs Nin erkunden auf sensible und unverhüllte Weise die komplexen Beziehungen zwischen Liebe und Erotik. In einer Geschichte kann ein Maler seine Frau nur durch seine Kunst begehren, während in einer anderen zwei Fremde am Strand eine emotionale Verbindung im Meer entdecken. Nin betont, dass echte Erotik erst durch tief empfundene Gefühle entsteht, und vermittelt damit eine eindringliche Sicht auf die Verbindung zwischen Sexualität und emotionaler Intimität.
„Erotika schreiben ist für mich wilde Poesie!“ Ihre Tagebücher waren ihre engsten Vertrauten. Ihnen offenbarte Anais Nin ihre Sehnsüchte und Geheimnisse. Der neue Band umfasst die Jahre 1937 bis 1939 und dokumentiert das unruhige, dabei kompromisslose Leben der Nin während dieser Zeit - mit drei Männern an ihrer Seite.
Every book tells a story . . . And the 70 titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth and quality that formed part of the original Penguin vision in 1935 and that continue to define our publishing today. Together, they tell one version of the unique story of Penguin Books. A major inspiration for the early feminist movement, Anais Nin became notorious following the publication of her sensual journals. Penguin publish a wide range of Nin's books, including the sensuous Delta of Venus. Originally written in the 1940s, these stories are mesmerizing explorations of art, power and passionate desire by one of the most eloquent writers of erotic literature.
