White Stains [Paperback]

Anais Nin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1999

A lost classic of 1940s erotica returns! Written by Anas Nin, Virginia Admiral, Caresse Crosby, and others for a dollar per page, this breathtakingly sensual volume was printed privately and soon became an underground legend. Beginning with a breathless mnage quatre in Alice and ending with the concluding remarks of the uproarious Loves Encyclopaedia, this is a priceless collection of explicit yet sophisticated musings.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Masquerade Books (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584190205
• ISBN-13: 978-1584190202
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,624,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nin falls short, April 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: White Stains (Paperback)

White Stains was a sexy and intriguing book, but after reading Delta of Venus, I expected more from Anias Nin. I was also curious, since the author is listed as Anias Nin and friends, which authors were responsible for which works. The book fell short on the oh-so-critical graphic descriptions, leaving the reader to her own imagination. If my imagination cut it, I wouldn't buy the book.

I also felt that White Stains was directed to a male audience more than a female one, which disappointed me after Delta of Venus's abiguity. White Stains was also much less daring and provocative than Nin's other work.

This is certainly a quality work of erotica, just not up to snuff compared to Nin's other sexy tales.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Erotica at its Best, August 17, 2001

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JamieJoy Gatto (New Orleans, Louisiana USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: White Stains (Paperback)

If you love to read the prose style of popular books in the earlier part of the 20th Century, you'll especially enjoy being in the middle of these naughty scenarios with full on sexual and hot writing, yet find it quaint and old timey all at once. Delicious! Fun! Take a bubble bath and gobble it up, page after page.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Luscious lovers, June 22, 2000

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Eleanor E. Templeton "book addict" (Bronx, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: White Stains (Paperback)

Anais Nin's erotica is legendary. I heard rumours of it long before I ever got my hands on a copy of this difficult-to-find book. When I finally did, I found myself entranced--both by her words and those of her friends, who wrote and assembled these fierce and delicate works for a private collector. This is, simply put, a beautiful book--erotic and often blunt, but never caught in the common web of sexual guilt and shame. It's a stunning work, and well worth owning.