Books by Anaïs Nin

Conjuring up a cascade of sexual encounters, this book evokes the essence of female sexuality in a world where only love has meaning.

A collection of erotic short stories which capture a moment of pure desire, in its complexity and paradoxical simplicity.

Although Under a Glass Bell is now considered one of Anais Nin's finest collections of stories, it was initially deemed unpublishable. Refusing to give up on her vision, in 1944 Nin founded her own press and brought out the first edition, illustrated with striking black-and-white engravings by her husband, Hugh Guiler.

'What did she expect of him? What was her quest? Did she have an unfulfilled desire?'Transgressive desires and sexual encounters are recounted in these four pieces from one of the greatest writers of erotic fiction.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

Anais Nin made her reputation through publication of her edited diaries and the carefully constructed persona they presented.

The brilliant tale of Anais Nin's true love affair with Henry Miller, and her ambiguous, charged relationship with his wife, June. Drawn from the journals of a single momentous year in Paris, Henry and June provides a wildly lyrical account of a woman's sexual awakening and the disillusion of idealized marriage.

Store dele af notaterne fra 1931 og 1932 i Anaïs Nins berømte dagbøger kunne længe ikke offentliggøres af hensyn til Nins daværende mand. Det begynder ved mødet med den amerikanske forfatter Henry Miller og hans smukke og sensuelle kone June. Da June forlader Paris og vender tilbage til New York, indleder Anaïs et altopslugende og stærkt erotisk forhold til Henry. Det truer hendes ægteskab og vækker så overvældende seksuelle følelser i hende, at hun aldrig bliver den samme igen. Samtidig markerer forholdet også starten på hendes kunstneriske karriere, der i dagbøgerne finder sin helt egen form."Henry og June står meget smukt, meget rent, som en dagbog over et forhold mellem mennesker, der har mod til at eksperimentere med måder at leve og elske på." - Bo Green Jensen, Weekendavisen"En imponerende tour de fource." - Information"Fascinerende og grum læsning ... Anaïs Nin skriver om sit liv med en intensitet og ordkraft, så du glemmer alt omkring dig." - B.T.

In 1913, Joaquin Nin abandoned his family, including his ten-year-old daughter, Anais. Twenty years later, Anais and Joaquin reunited and began an illicit sexual affair.

Mirages opens at the dawn of World War II, when Anais Nin fled Paris, where she lived for fifteen years with her husband, banker Hugh Guiler, and ends in 1947 when she meets the man who would be "the One," the lover who would satisfy her insatiable hunger for connection.

"First Swallow Press/Ohio University Press edition 1979"--T.p. verso.

Children of the Albatross is divided into two sections: 'The Sealed Room' focuses on the dancer Djuna and a set of characters, chiefly male, who surround her; 'The Cage' brings together a case of characters already familiar to Nin's readers, but it is their meeting place that is the focal point of the story.

”Han opdagede, hvordan hun dirrede af begær under armen, ved brysternes begyndelse, vibrationerne mellem brystvorterne og klitoris og mellem skamlæberne og munden, alle de mystiske forbindelser, som ophidsede andre steder end de, der blev kysset, strømme der løb fra hårrødderne til den nederste del af rygraden. Hvert sted, han kyssede, overvældede han med kærlige ord, smilehullerne nederst på ryggen, baldernes fasthed, ryggens usædvanlige bue, som understregede balderne – ”ligesom på en farvet kvinde,” sagde han.”  Citat fra Safran  Den fransk-spansk-amerikanske forfatter Anaïs Nin (1903-1977) tog efter en kosmopolitisk barndom ophold i Paris i 1924. Her mødte hun Henry Miller, der inspirerede hende til at eksperimenter med litterære genrer og til at udforske både intellektets og sansernes glæder. Nin var optaget af kvinders identitetssøgen og underbevidsthedens mønstre. Hun skrev en række romaner, hvoraf enkelte er oversat til dansk og er især kendt for sine syv dagbogsbind. Værket er en feministisk klassiker. Nin, som havde en dansk morfar, var gift flere gange og havde kendte affærer. Lydbogen er indlæst af Karin Rørbech