The Early Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 3 (1923-1927) [Paperback]

Anais Nin (Author)

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Series: Early Diary of Anais Nin | Publication Date: March 22, 1985

A bridge between the early life of Nin and the first volume of her Diary. In pages more candid than in the preceding diaries, Nin tells how she exorcised the obsession that threatened her marriage and nearly drove her to suicide. Editor's Note by Rupert Pole; Preface by Joaquin Nin-Culmell; Index; photographs.

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About the Author

Ana-s Nin (1903-1977) was born in Paris and aspired at an early age to be a writer. An influential artist and thinker, she was the author of several novels, short stories, critical studies, a collection of essays, two volumes of erotica, and nine published volumes of her Diary.

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• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Mariner Books; First Harvest Edition edition (March 22, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0156272504
• ISBN-13: 978-0156272506
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,366,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) was born in Paris and aspired at an early age to be a writer. An influential artist and thinker, she wrote primarily fiction until 1964, when her last novel, Collages, was published. She wrote The House of Incest, a prose-poem (1936), three novellas collected in The Winter of Artifice (1939), short stories collected in Under a Glass Bell (1944), and a five-volume continuous novel consisting of Ladders to Fire (1946), Children of the Albatross (1947), The Four-Chambered Heart (1950), A Spy in the House of Love (1954), and Seduction of the Minotaur (1961). These novels were collected as Cities of the Interior (1974). She gained commercial and critical success with the publication of the first volume of her diary (1966); to date, fifteen diary volumes have been published. Her most commercially successful books were her erotica published as Delta of Venus (1977) and Little Birds (1979). Today, her books are appearing digitally.

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This review is from: The Early Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 3 (1923-1927) (Paperback)

The great virtue of the Anais Nin diaries is that they give a detailed tracking of her thoughts and actions throughout almost her entire life. You see the germination of ideas and how they play out in her life. You see both the consistencies and inconsistencies of a human life. It is possible to know this woman as you have never known anyone, even yourself, and all in truly wonderful lucid prose. It is also possible to see how her opinions of people change throughout the course of her association with them. Reading them is not only a wonderful introduction to her; it is a wonderful introduction to all of human nature, in the person of one woman.