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Delta Of Venus Paperback – February 15, 1991

by Anais Nin (Author)

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1990, Pocket Books; Mass Market Paperback Edition; In New condition, with slight natural aging.

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302 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Pocket
Publication date

February 15, 1991
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4.25 x 0.75 x 6.75 inches
ISBN-10

0671742493
ISBN-13

978-0671742492
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pocket; Reissue edition (February 15, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 302 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0671742493
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0671742492
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 0.75 x 6.75 inches

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Anaïs Nin

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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, most notably with the anthology The Portable Anais Nin (2011).

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Lance C. Panzer

A Celebration of Beauty and Sensuality

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2000

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Delta of Venus joyously explores the art of human sexuality. Anais Nin's writing style is at once lyrical and straightforward. While she leaves no doubt in the reader's mind just what is going on, her countless love scenes are imbued with so much warmth and dignity that one could scarcely find them offensive. But most importantly, Anais understood that sex is nothing without emotion, and it's the emotions of her myriad characters that cause the reader to turn happily florid with every page. She understood that while sex is not to be taken lightly, it's certainly not something to be restrained, either. Lastly, of all the locales depicted in this collection of stories, she lends a special affection to Paris. I suspect that of all of Anais' lovers, the City of Light was the dearest to her heart, to wit: "At five I always felt shivers of sensuality, shared with the sensual Paris. As soon as the light faded, it seemed to me that every woman I saw was running to meet her lover, that every man was running to meet his mistress." and "But we were enjoying an orgasm, as couples do in doorways and under bridges at night all over Paris."

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Jack

Not for everyone

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2023

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A collection of well-written short stories with sexual themes, not afraid to be graphic. But if you're looking for light, titillating stories about gorgeous people's sexual hook-ups, this is not for you. The first few stories I read were quite disturbing.

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Ford

Great Service

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2023

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Book exactly as described. Shipped immediately and arrived promptly. Thanks!

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Jamie

An exploration of sensuality and female eroticism

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2017

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I'm going to say right off the bat that this book is definitely not for everyone. Many of the stories feature some very specific kinks that to most will no doubt be gut wrenching. I listed some of the worst in my warnings below as a fair warning for those that haven't read the book. There are good number of stories in this collection that are pretty disturbing and violent, that made me really uncomfortable reading. I could never recommend this book to the average reader looking for your run of the mill pornography.

I will however say that I understand why this book is hailed as a literary masterpiece and has become a pioneer of feminist fiction. The stories written for this compilation were all commissioned by a private collector that had instructed Nin to exclude romance and poetry in favor of graphic and sexually explicit stories, which she carried out the latter in great detail. Despite this, Nin was still able to add her personal touch that gave many of the short stories several layers that went beyond sex and explored themes of love, sensuality, and female eroticism as compared to men. She places great distinction between male and female sexuality that is presented elegantly even against the most graphic and sordid scenes.

The biggest issue I had with this collection, besides the distressing nature of many of the stories, was the focus on a set of recurring characters over the course of multiple stories. Most of them started out alright at first, but as I got further into the book I started to dislike all of these characters and had to slog through the second half of the book. I found them to be dreadfully boring and almost put the book down entirely.

I had to give this one at least a three for the talented writing alone, but I can't say that I really <em>enjoyed</em> the book despite how beautifully it was written. It's memorable, but it isn't exactly one that I'd say that I remember fondly.

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Philly D!

Superb!!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2012

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I just ordered this book and I must say it is fantastic, I am nearly finished with it already and to be honest I wish it was longer. I am not ready to leave this poetic, erotic fantasy world that Anais has laid out before me. I have been reading non stop since it arrived and I just can't seem to get enough. Everytime I close my eyes I am transported to the sensual scenes that her writing gifted to me. A couple of the stories took me out of my comfort zone sexually, but even those are written in such a way that they make you feel the longing and the desire that the characters do. My favorite story in Delta was MATHILDE. I highly recommend this book for anyone that likes there erotica to have style and meaning and poetry. Not just trashy sex scenes, if your into the trashy this book is not for you. I just ordered Henry and June written by Anais Nin. I hope its as wonderful as this book.

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Sarah Dean

If you can skip around some of it, the book is one for a collection.

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2021

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This is not a book for everyone, there are some very taboo subjects within the pages (paperclips to bind those pages together make it easy to skip over those stories without ruining the rest of the book). Other than those few spots, the book is beautifully written and far wins out over the uncreative drivel found in most book stores and online, touching on the topics in these pages written so long ago.

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Jenai f.

Couldn’t read it

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2023

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Like two pages in, it starts eluding to child porn. I really wish that I was able to return it, but I didn’t start reading it until after the return window was closed. I had no desire to keep reading.

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R. Huntington

Porn written by a woman but WITHOUT THE POETRY

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2015

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Writing is authors art,and she hopes to be published and make it big someday. She does eventually enjoy great success and acclaim as an author and goes on to teach at the college level. . But in the beginning, she earns some quick cash per page for what is supposed to be hard core porn for a wealthy private collector. She suspects, and I think correctly, that the anonymous customer is actually the publisher himself, that he is not simply the middlemen at all, but the actual collector. He is lusting for porn written by a woman, from a woman's point of view, and he wants her to keep it short and to the point and "without the poetry". He stresses over and over he wants porn written by a woman but WITHOUT THE POETRY. So she used various other authors X and R rated writings for inspiration and for subject matter, and eventually compiles enough short stories to fill this book. Are you curious by now? Well I'm not going to do a spoiler here, I have said enough. I recommend you read the book :)

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Ronald McGill

Testing relationships

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 10, 2023

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This book needs to be recognised more widely because of the care taken in romantic interludes, whether imagined (according to a New York Times review) or in real life. For some, it is one aspect of life that drives everything else. Or, from another perspective, is it the mind that drives the body or the body that drives the mind? Delta of Venus can be interpreted from either side of that question! That's what makes it so interesting.

Juliette

Livre en anglais

Reviewed in France on October 28, 2019

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Je regrette qu'il ne soit pas traduit en français

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Very nice edition. It is unfortunate that with the government's ...

Reviewed in India on July 4, 2017

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Very nice edition. It is unfortunate that with the government's move to drastically cut down research grants and seats in higher educational institutions, there won't be many people left to read such good books.

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Michael B.

I don’t find paedophilia erotic

Reviewed in Australia on July 24, 2019

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If you have read about the exploits of Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Cardinal George Pell and Rolf Harris. And if you found their stories to be an erotic turn on. Then you will find this book to be erotic. But you should also see a therapist because you are a sick puppy. In one story, a father rapes his children and turns them into sex slaves. In another story, a priest grooms a young boy for his pleasure. The young boy is ultimately pack raped by his classmates.
The popular opinion of the literary community is that this book was groundbreaking because it was written by a woman. BS. I agree with Anais Nin’s own assessment. She believed that she had prostituted her talent to write sick stories for a wealthy patron. she did not believe they were worthy to be published. These stories were edited and published after her death. A literary classic? I don’t think so.

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John Cowan

Superb writing and superb and passionate sex!

Reviewed in Canada on May 6, 2016

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This is a wonderful book for people, like myself, who enjoy pornographic writing. The writing itself is excellent without pages of silly story, and a few lines of sex. It is explicit and very very arousing. Enough said - read the book!

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