Ladders to Fire

"In her novel, Ladders to fire, Anais Nin deals powerfully with the problem of modern woman as she attempts to integrate her feminine self while imitating the patterns of man and sometimes fall prey to strange twisted emotions. Dramatically, the author bring out the frutstratinos and ecstatsies of today's incompleted woman as she whirls toward self-destruction. Bewildered by their feelings toward other women, yet capable only of maternal love toward men, the women are compelling characters, boldly set down...Stella, the actress, intensely jealous of her screen self that is always beloved...Lillian, constantly in a state of fermentation, loving and hating the woman with whom she must share her lover...Djuna, the calm essence of feminity who would lead their men--lightly shaded in as all men must be in the lives of women at war with themselves...All are skillfully brought together in the gay bohemian atmosphere of life among the artists in Paris."--Dust jacket.