The Diary of Anaïs Nin: 1939-1944

Anaïs Nin — 1966

Nin continues her debate on the use of drugs versus the artist's imagination, portrays many famous people in the arts, and recounts her visits to Sweden, the Brussels World's Fair, Paris, and Venice. "[Nin] looks at life, love, and art with a blend of gentility and acuity that is rare in contemporary writing" (John Barkham Reviews). Edited and with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann; Index.

Reviews

Heidi Sanchez@damianasangre

May 9, 2025

Deliciously captures taboo inquiries surrounding the author’s lifestyle, often times a hard read due to the languaging relevant to the history of the times that is jaw dropping to come across. I had moments of pausing my read from being taken aback. Yet, from a historian perspective, a magnificent relic capturing primarily the lives of the erratics she loves, her psychotherapy sessions, and Nin’s cinematic inner life. Delightful to read of wild artistic endeavors occurring in the 30s, yet the foreground of hateful language for adjectives is a little thwarting for the sensitive of heart.

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Ash(ley) Michelle C.@c_ash_m

Dec 14, 2023

Susan Forsythe@bookmaven

Mar 3, 2022