false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191375557m/18358.jpg 18358 6 Ladders to Fire explores the erotic attachments of four young women. Nin described it as a "woman's struggle to understand her own nature." It began a five-volume "continuous novel," Cities of the Interior, which includes Children of the Albatross (1947), The Four-Chambered Heart (1950), A Spy in the House of Love (1954), and Solar Barque (1959). Set in the pre-war, expatriate Paris of Henry Miller, this novel — which shocked Nin’s contemporaries — draws its inspiration from her confessional diaries. Although Nin found in her diaries a profound mode of self-creation and confession, she could not reveal this intimate record of her own experiences during her lifetime. Instead, she turned to fiction, where her stories and novels became artistic “distillations” of her secret diaries. 2299284 1 1 1959 Ladders To Fire total:242|5:49|4:78|3:88|2:24|1:3| 242 872 335 22 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sun Nov 11 23:58:16 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 11 23:58:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 18 11:41:39 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 12:13:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 05 20:00:44 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 27 17:26:04 -0700 2008
Having said that, there were moments in this book when I wanted to strangle her.

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But I love Anais Nin. That's... pretty much it. Reading her is difficult because I get distracted thinking about how beautiful it is. ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 12 16:21:28 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 12 16:24:06 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 09 10:17:02 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 09 10:20:59 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 19:21:48 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 12:35:37 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Mar 15 13:59:17 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 14:06:34 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sun Apr 29 06:05:45 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 29 06:11:19 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Mon Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 20 07:25:07 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 07:26:10 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 15:39:55 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:18:03 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 15:39:55 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 11 22:50:59 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 22:53:08 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 12:22:48 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 11:49:19 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=18358