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Incest: From a Journal of Love : The Unexpurgated Diary of Anias Nin, 1932-1934 Hardcover – October, 1992

by Anais Nin (Author)

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This previously unpublished portion of the author's diary includes details of her relationships with Henry Miller and his wife, June; writer and actor Antonin Artaud; and her father. By the author of Little Birds. 15,000 first printing.

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Hardcover: 418 pages
Publisher: Texas Bookman; 1st edition (October 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0151443661
ISBN-13: 978-0151443666
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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85 of 92 people found the following review helpful

An Amazing Document

By bookkitten on September 10, 2002

Format: Hardcover

For the love of ... Are we reviewing the book, or are we critiquing the woman? We're reviewing the book, right? So why so much moralistic brouhaha about the writer's behavior? When Van Gogh's work is auctioned off for a gazillion dollars, is the fact that he was mentally ill of great concern, or is there more interest in his artistry, his skill, and his innovative and altogether original treatment of a mundane subject?
Yes, Anais Nin describes doing some things that we find disturbing. (Regarding the abortion, back in those days when very little was known about the fetus, late-term abortions were common and there was no moral dilemma. We simply can't judge her by our modern understanding. And as for her bizarre relationship with her father, one again would need to understand the context, the extremely complicated history from which the behavior arose.)
So enough of the judgments of Anais Nin's descriptions of her own behavior (does she get points for honesty?) and take a look at the writing. I simply defy anyone to describe such strange events with as much brilliance and poetry. Nin's writing is like a ballet on ice; it is stylized, feminine, passionate and strict at the same time. Who else could divulge the darkest secrets with the delicacy of a geisha serving tea?
Some day Nin's achievement will be recognized by the literary establishment. In the meantime, if you don't count yourself among the squeamish, judgmental, or easily disturbed, buy this book.

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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful

But yet, you kept reading ...

By Katie on April 18, 2004

Format: Paperback

Regardless of the subject matter, Anais Nin is an incredible writer and her way with words was probably part of her charm in life. Her ability to describe even the most perverted behavior as something transcendent and meaningful probably was the ability that kept her circle of lovers around her. She could make the most petty behavior seem poetic by her descriptions and that's seductive to someone caught in a relationship with such a person.
I read the journals of Anais Nin not because I identify with her, or even sympathise with her, but because I enjoy the way she makes every small event of her life seem like something elevated and rife with meaning. I am fascinated by the lurid details and by the paradox of all her affairs, were these men sexually abusing her, or was she using them? It seems, somehow both.
And there's a little bit of teenage angst still lurking inside me that was never cured. The part of me that still listens to the Smiths and loves Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton adores Anais Nin and her glorious tragic screwed-upness.

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful

A woman in love with life- in all it's beauty and pain

By A Customer on August 23, 1999

Format: Hardcover

I have read this book a few times. I felt great anguish, and hope for this woman, and all she was going through. As a writer, I can perhaps understand a bit more why she would put herself in this position... and maybe as a woman, even though she explains her motivations, desires, and actions pretty good. I do not agree with the person who said she was just a sick person. To write about something so intensely personal and so shattering, I think she would have to have been very strong emotionally, or it would have destroyed her, which is clearly NOT the case. whether she became a better person for it, who are we to judge? she wanted, and needed to experience life to the fullest. who can say there is something wrong with that? isn't that what we are ultimately here for. the only thing she could not control was the pain and the things that were beyond her- but she understood that, and still progressed. I think she did have a lot of courage, and was a remarkable woman, who let herself stay open to the world and all it had to offer her. she knew herself better than anyone else did, and while she had faults, they only seemed to magnify her humanity and vulnerability more, rather than make her into someone negative and bitter, which she could have been. we are all imperfect, and sometimes, the imperfections are also beauty marks, and Anais had many!! for anyone who wants to know more about women and how they sometimes suffer for love and the trappings it brings; this is a must read. also for breaking taboos, and seeing that life is not over once we enter into those realms. we can all learn from this brilliant woman.

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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful

Perhaps the best of Nin's writing is here

By Allan M. Lees on July 18, 2006

Format: Hardcover

In general I find Anais Nin's work to be self-indulgent and her subject matter (largely herself) trivial. Her portraits of others are frequently lightweight and lack perceptiveness. Her Diaries are overwrought and sometimes unintentionally funny but in general aren't worth the time it takes to read them. These previously unpublished sections of her Diaries, in which Nin describes her incestuous relationship with her father, are however the most compelling segments of her writing in the whole canon.

She describes with great insight her father's character, and she sketches his physical attributes with great economy yet enables us to see the man as she saw him - frail, a hopeless narcicist and an aging dandy, yet compelling and vital despite the betrayals of his body (and his betrayals of all those who ever got close to him). Her account of her own feelings is also economical for once, and we don't have to labor through over-written descriptions of her emotional condition in order to get to the point.

While the subject matter may not be to everyone's taste, I would argue that if you have any interest in Nin's work and times, this is the book above all others that you should read.

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Most comfortable shoe ive ever worn....im a nurse and i work long 12hr shifts and that means lots of walking on concrete.... Read more

Published 2 months ago by Meko

The most sexually explicit diaries ever penned.

Anais certainly lived life to the fullest. This is her most interesting work in my opinion, but there are still some publications I have not read. Read more

Published 3 months ago by R. Huntington

Very engaging memoir.

Very good. Poetic flow of consciousness. Really espouses the egoism of the writer. The actual incest does not disappoint as long as you read it through and get into flow of it. Read more

Published 15 months ago by Jakob

Eh...

I couldn't finish reading it. It was ok. I didn't find it all that interesting like others have.

I was looking for a book about a woman who was not ordinary, but this... Read more

Published 18 months ago by Shelley

seductively addictive

Anais simply put was a grand master artist and her medium was words. I fell in love with her writing within the first two pages. Read more

Published on March 8, 2008 by R. Burl

Not for the easily offended

I have read this two or three times in the past five years, and I never tire of Anais's breathless, poetic style and the amazing fluidity with which she exposes contradictory sides... Read more

Published on April 27, 2007 by Katharine Mason

I LOVE Anais Nin's honesty and ability to divulge!

Wow!! what a LOVELY review!! thanks K. for your boldness and clear audacity and intelligence! i haven't read this one yet but i will. Read more

Published on December 16, 2006 by Sarah West

Goes Places I Didn't Want To Follow

This is a difficult book to read and to write about. It is technically well-written and competently edited. Read more

Published on November 23, 2001 by Ruth Edlund

Bold and Honest

Her bold, honest observations and self-revelations as a woman were provoking. I tried not to judge her and frankly her affairs with numerous men while married, were with mostly... Read more

Published on December 19, 2000