Recollections of Anaïs Nin: By Her Contemporaries

by Benjamin Franklin V

Recollections of Anaïs Nin presents Nin through the eyes of twenty-six people who knew her. She is the unconventional, distant aunt; the thoughtful friend; the owner of a strangely disarming voice; the author eager for attention yet hypersensitive to criticism; the generous advisor to a literary magazine; the adulteress; the beautiful septuagenarian; the recommender of books—the contributors elaborate on thses and many other perceptions of Nin. Readers of this book will meet one of the most enigmatic literary women of the twentieth century.

175 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 1996

About the author

Benjamin Franklin V is Distinguished Professor of English, Emeritus, at the University of South Carolina, having previously taught at the University of Michigan. He has published widely in early American literature, particularly that of Anaïs Nin, and edits Literary Criticism in Perspective for Camden House. He is also a long-time jazz writer and broadcaster, and a descendant of Benjamin Franklin.

Reviews

[Isabel Mansfield · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting read