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The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 5: 1947-1955
The author's experiences in Mexico, California, New York, and Paris, her psychoanalysis, and her experiment with LSD. "Through her own struggling and dazzling courage [Nin has] shown women groping with and growing with the world" (Minneapolis Tribune). Edited and with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann; Index.
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
March 26th 1975
by Harvest/HBJ Book
(first published 1966)
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I read this because a friend often refers to her writing.
"The writer's responsibility is to increase, develop our senses, expand our vision, heighten our awareness and enrich our articulateness."
The diary takes place in the 1950s between Mexico, America, and France. Anais writes poetically. Her style was frowned upon then (many pages about publishers who reject her work) as much as now. One publisher said her work was "too esoteric." It is strange to ...more
"The writer's responsibility is to increase, develop our senses, expand our vision, heighten our awareness and enrich our articulateness."
The diary takes place in the 1950s between Mexico, America, and France. Anais writes poetically. Her style was frowned upon then (many pages about publishers who reject her work) as much as now. One publisher said her work was "too esoteric." It is strange to ...more
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i think this is the one where anis moves to california, partially based on the recommendation of henry miller, who is chilling in big sur & doing a lot of watercolors at this point. that really cracks me up, in light of what a macho tool he was in the first volume of the diary. i wonder if he ever thought he'd be hanging around redwood trees painting watercolors. haha! meanwhile, anais is doing her thing, socializing with film industry types, surviving wildfires, & the like. this volume is a bit...more
I finally finished it. I was really into the book at the beginning and some how lost interest.
The opening on Acapulco is beautiful, slow, leisurely. A review "soon."
I love Anaïs Nin, she writes so perfectly what I feel~
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