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Eros Unbound
A naive model slowly discovering her sexuality; an erotic moonlight encounter on a beach; a man teaching the art of passion in a gypsy caravan; and a woman in love with a scent from Fez - Anais Nin's stories explore the nature of sex and the awakening of desire.
112 pages, Paperback
First published August 2, 2007
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Anaïs Nin
355 books8,923 followersWriter and diarist, born in Paris to a Catalan father and a Danish mother, Anaïs Nin spent many of her early years with Cuban relatives. Later a naturalized American citizen, she lived and worked in Paris, New York and Los Angeles. Author of avant-garde novels in the French surrealistic style and collections of erotica, she is best known for her life and times in The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volumes I-VII (1966-1980).
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March 21, 2013
Do not read on the bus.
August 7, 2015
I didn't realise this book comprised of stories from Delta of Venus and Little Birds, nor had I connected that these were the erotic stories Anais Nin wrote for her mystery client. Whom she hated, because he wanted explicit content without any of the poetry.
Of the stories included here, they were a mixed lot. Some were super short and to the point, others were more lingering and descriptive. I preferred these, although they tended to end very abruptly. I couldn't help but wonder about the reasoning for each story. Were the shorter all action pieces pared down for her client and did Nin hate these stories herself? Of the longer descriptive writings, did she sneak in the more sensuous lines, building the emotion, while still adding enough salaciousness for his erotic needs? I find the hows and whys of these stories just as fascinating as their actual content.
I also very much recommend reading the letter from Nin, to her collector client. It can be read here.
Of the stories included here, they were a mixed lot. Some were super short and to the point, others were more lingering and descriptive. I preferred these, although they tended to end very abruptly. I couldn't help but wonder about the reasoning for each story. Were the shorter all action pieces pared down for her client and did Nin hate these stories herself? Of the longer descriptive writings, did she sneak in the more sensuous lines, building the emotion, while still adding enough salaciousness for his erotic needs? I find the hows and whys of these stories just as fascinating as their actual content.
I also very much recommend reading the letter from Nin, to her collector client. It can be read here.
October 11, 2024
Haven't rated because I got this without realising that the stories are in the longer collections Little Birds and Delta of Venus, which I have read. The latter was a gift from a 40-something man when I was 21. Sadly not from someone more attractive to me, shall we say, but all the same, one of my favourite gifts ever (he also sent me a Sacher torte in a light wooden box from Vienna). Anais Nin may make a great tasteful erotic gift in general.
However, from what I remember, the stories were just OK. Very taut if still incredibly stylised, although I understand that's to a big degree because the man who commissioned her to write them told her: "Concentrate on sex. Leave out the poetry". Her novels have more emotion and needless to say, this was hard for Nin to do, but she needed the money - "a dollar a page" - and while she hated the collector for his taste, she argued that her voice and feeling was not totally suppressed, which is true.
However, from what I remember, the stories were just OK. Very taut if still incredibly stylised, although I understand that's to a big degree because the man who commissioned her to write them told her: "Concentrate on sex. Leave out the poetry". Her novels have more emotion and needless to say, this was hard for Nin to do, but she needed the money - "a dollar a page" - and while she hated the collector for his taste, she argued that her voice and feeling was not totally suppressed, which is true.
November 4, 2017
The Maja - a painter is trying to convince his puritanical wife to pose nude for him (2 stars)
The Woman on the Dunes Louis wanders into the night and meets a mysterious woman (2 stars)
Saffron - Fay marries a much older man who idolizes her too much to consummate the marriage; he eventually does so because she smells like saffron, "like a colored woman" (3 star)
A Model - raised in a conservative and sexually repressive environment, a young girl takes up modeling (2 stars)
Hilda and Rango Hilda is used to initiating sex, but that all changes once she meets Rango (2 stars)
Two Sisters - two sister fall for the same man (2 stars)
Linda - her husband is out of town so Linda accepts an invitation to a masked party (2 stars)
The Ring - an Indigenous man and a Peruvian woman of Spanish descent fall in love despite her family's opposition; the man wears a ring in a rather... unfortunate location (2 stars)
The Woman on the Dunes Louis wanders into the night and meets a mysterious woman (2 stars)
Saffron - Fay marries a much older man who idolizes her too much to consummate the marriage; he eventually does so because she smells like saffron, "like a colored woman" (3 star)
A Model - raised in a conservative and sexually repressive environment, a young girl takes up modeling (2 stars)
Hilda and Rango Hilda is used to initiating sex, but that all changes once she meets Rango (2 stars)
Two Sisters - two sister fall for the same man (2 stars)
Linda - her husband is out of town so Linda accepts an invitation to a masked party (2 stars)
The Ring - an Indigenous man and a Peruvian woman of Spanish descent fall in love despite her family's opposition; the man wears a ring in a rather... unfortunate location (2 stars)
January 13, 2019
This small book of erotic short stories by the French-born American author is both stirring and captivating. Her use of language to describe desire and passion is unparalleled. The coupling of her protagonists and the circumstances leading to their sexual encounters are freshly original yet tantalizingly familiar. There is psychological depth here in untangling the base emotional wants of companionship, desire, love, and sexual fantasy. Each story subtly yet powerfully enforces the suspension of disbelief allowing the reader to fully explore along with the protagonist the emotional impact of the unfolding scenario.
March 24, 2012
Read this in the park with some cider and an 'adult' cigarette. Made me feel somewhat sleepy, dreamy and sensual - much like the writing itself.
January 13, 2015
(FOR MY NOTES REALLY): Lovely elegant smut :) Not by far on the level of some of her other writing, though I found myself identifying in some way with a woman in every single story. The stories, though perverse and bordering on the surreal at times reveal universalities in all human sexuality and how it links to the psyche and emotion which oddly enough makes her characters relatable and relieving--as opposed to sort of alienating them and making you view them in a voyeuristic way which can so often happen with erotica. Again, not her best--but could this be due to a crude translation in part? Were these originally in French? Will check later.
Do enjoy. Revisit when the heart is mourning or if you're in a place of having "lost oneself" due to a lover, affair, etc.
Do enjoy. Revisit when the heart is mourning or if you're in a place of having "lost oneself" due to a lover, affair, etc.
June 24, 2011
Wasn't quite sure how to take this one at times. It's extremely racy. I didn't realize it would be a collection of erotic stories until I read the author's mini-bio in the front cover. This book is one of only two available at my local library in Penguin's "Great Loves" series. It's my goal to read them all. Not sure how I'll track them all down, but I'll find a way. This is the sort of book that makes you look around embarrassed, hoping no one can see it's contents written all over your prude, nervous face. Fascinating though. I loved the story about the young model.
February 27, 2013
Remarkably racy and seductive, this collection of erotic and intensely passionate tales is quite blunt.
Written by French-born novelist, passionate eroticist and short story writer Anais Nin explores the woman’s personal voyage of self-discovery and physical pleasure.
"It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all." (from The Diary of Anaïs Nin, vol. I, 1966)
Book 18 in the collection of Penguin ‘Great Loves’ is a small volume containing eight stories that regard how love can be sensual. A naive model whom discovers her sexuality, which is reminiscent of when ones understanding of sexual intercourse is heightened by those events and individuals around us. An erotic moonlight encounter on a beach is candid and supremely sincere, as too is the tale regarding a man who teaches the art of passion in a gypsy caravan. This diverse range of short stories explores the nature of sex and the awakening of desire.
If you are a fan of erotic fiction then this is a must-read, although considering how people are more open in a modern world, you may find this quite timid. Apart from the detailed explicit and vivid descriptions of characters interactions, I found that each tale lacked substance and depth to the plot. They were bluntly crude and hence why I have given this a lower rating than I initially anticipated, just because of the fact that the characters are not explored deeply enough and all is quite vague (regarding the background info. for each tale). Fiction within this genre, such as ‘On Dublin Street’ and ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ series is extremely popular due to the combination of detailed storyline together with the sexual nature of the book.
Not my ‘cup of tea’ at all and a genre that I wouldn’t want to re-visit. 2.5 stars.
Written by French-born novelist, passionate eroticist and short story writer Anais Nin explores the woman’s personal voyage of self-discovery and physical pleasure.
"It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all." (from The Diary of Anaïs Nin, vol. I, 1966)
Book 18 in the collection of Penguin ‘Great Loves’ is a small volume containing eight stories that regard how love can be sensual. A naive model whom discovers her sexuality, which is reminiscent of when ones understanding of sexual intercourse is heightened by those events and individuals around us. An erotic moonlight encounter on a beach is candid and supremely sincere, as too is the tale regarding a man who teaches the art of passion in a gypsy caravan. This diverse range of short stories explores the nature of sex and the awakening of desire.
If you are a fan of erotic fiction then this is a must-read, although considering how people are more open in a modern world, you may find this quite timid. Apart from the detailed explicit and vivid descriptions of characters interactions, I found that each tale lacked substance and depth to the plot. They were bluntly crude and hence why I have given this a lower rating than I initially anticipated, just because of the fact that the characters are not explored deeply enough and all is quite vague (regarding the background info. for each tale). Fiction within this genre, such as ‘On Dublin Street’ and ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ series is extremely popular due to the combination of detailed storyline together with the sexual nature of the book.
Not my ‘cup of tea’ at all and a genre that I wouldn’t want to re-visit. 2.5 stars.
October 5, 2015
The only reason I was willing to read Anaïs Nin is because despite the fact that she writes erotic fiction and I have no interest in reading it, I’d also heard she is just a beautiful writer at heart.
Sadly, I can’t agree with this statement entirely. Her writing is certainly better than a lot of erotic fiction writers today but not enough to make me appreciate the stories overall. Eros Unbound is a collection of some of her short stories and while it’s somewhat well written, I wouldn’t consider it out of this world or any such thing.
Some of her stories felt repetitive in terms of what was happening with the characters and what the lead female was expecting and doing with her partner(s). And this is especially irritating when the characters themselves don’t have any particularly distinguishable personality traits. In an attempt to recall some of the characters in the stories, I easily confuse one with another as none of them are really developed as individual peoples in their own stories. Due to this, I also felt like some of the female characters became too sexualized and morphed more into hollow bodies of pleasure rather than actual human beings capable of other emotions such as anger, sadness, etc.
I don’t see this particular book retaining in my memory for much longer than this year. I didn’t like it and for the future, I think I’ll skip poetic erotica entirely.
Sadly, I can’t agree with this statement entirely. Her writing is certainly better than a lot of erotic fiction writers today but not enough to make me appreciate the stories overall. Eros Unbound is a collection of some of her short stories and while it’s somewhat well written, I wouldn’t consider it out of this world or any such thing.
Some of her stories felt repetitive in terms of what was happening with the characters and what the lead female was expecting and doing with her partner(s). And this is especially irritating when the characters themselves don’t have any particularly distinguishable personality traits. In an attempt to recall some of the characters in the stories, I easily confuse one with another as none of them are really developed as individual peoples in their own stories. Due to this, I also felt like some of the female characters became too sexualized and morphed more into hollow bodies of pleasure rather than actual human beings capable of other emotions such as anger, sadness, etc.
I don’t see this particular book retaining in my memory for much longer than this year. I didn’t like it and for the future, I think I’ll skip poetic erotica entirely.
February 13, 2015
Good points:
~I was interested to read some older erotica (even though I didn't know it was erotic when I picked the book up!)
~It was less needlessly gratuitous than modern day smut- you knew what was going on but it didn't get too tacky
~Because it isn't too gratuitous the reader can imprint their own ideas and feelings onto the story/scene, what she's describing are probably pretty common fantasies that people can bring their own ideas to
Bad points:
~Most of the stories are very sexist, and one (at least) pretty rascist
~Some of the longer stories don't seem to have much driving them- she got married then went here and did him for a year and then him and then him and then she worried that she was losing her allure and then that never gets resolved. I guess I'm used to more plot than erotica!
So basically, interesting social history and some good ideas, but this slim book was enough I think...
~I was interested to read some older erotica (even though I didn't know it was erotic when I picked the book up!)
~It was less needlessly gratuitous than modern day smut- you knew what was going on but it didn't get too tacky
~Because it isn't too gratuitous the reader can imprint their own ideas and feelings onto the story/scene, what she's describing are probably pretty common fantasies that people can bring their own ideas to
Bad points:
~Most of the stories are very sexist, and one (at least) pretty rascist
~Some of the longer stories don't seem to have much driving them- she got married then went here and did him for a year and then him and then him and then she worried that she was losing her allure and then that never gets resolved. I guess I'm used to more plot than erotica!
So basically, interesting social history and some good ideas, but this slim book was enough I think...
December 19, 2011
really enjoyed her works again and again ..
กะจะไปนอนแล้ว จนกระทั่งอ่านเจอเรื่องสุดท้าย ชายหนุ่มอินเดียนหลงรักสาวเปรู ตามประเพณี สาวเปรูต้องให้แหวนฝ่ายชายไว้เป็นสัญลักษณ์ความผูกพัน ทว่าครอบครัวนางมีอคติกับชาวอินเดียนมาก ทั้งคู่จึงหนีไปแต่งงานลับๆ พ่อของเจ้าหล่อนจึงประกาศว่า อย่าให้เจอตัวว่าไอ้อินเดียนสวมแหวนอยู่ ไม่งั้นจะตัดนิ้วให้ขาด แต่การณ์กลับเป็นว่าหนุ่มอินเดียนรู้ทัน เขาจึงไม่สวมแหวนไว้ที่นิ้ว แต่สว���แหวนไว้ที่...
"เขาจับมือหล่อนและเลื่อนลงไปเหมาะเจาะระหว่างขา นิ้วมือหญิงสาวสัมผัสถึงดุ้นลึงค์เป็นอย่างแรก แล้วเขาจึงนำท���งนิ้วมือของหล่อนจนรู้สึกถึงแหวนที่โคนของมัน สัมผัสจากมือหล่อน, กระนั้นก็ตาม, ลึงค์แข็งตัวและเขาร้องครางออกมา เพราะว่าแหวนนั้นบีบรัดจนเขาเจ็บปวดแสนสาหัส"
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ประทับใจ แน็ง.. หญิงสาวของเธอช่างไร้เดียงสาเสียจริง :')
กะจะไปนอนแล้ว จนกระทั่งอ่านเจอเรื่องสุดท้าย ชายหนุ่มอินเดียนหลงรักสาวเปรู ตามประเพณี สาวเปรูต้องให้แหวนฝ่ายชายไว้เป็นสัญลักษณ์ความผูกพัน ทว่าครอบครัวนางมีอคติกับชาวอินเดียนมาก ทั้งคู่จึงหนีไปแต่งงานลับๆ พ่อของเจ้าหล่อนจึงประกาศว่า อย่าให้เจอตัวว่าไอ้อินเดียนสวมแหวนอยู่ ไม่งั้นจะตัดนิ้วให้ขาด แต่การณ์กลับเป็นว่าหนุ่มอินเดียนรู้ทัน เขาจึงไม่สวมแหวนไว้ที่นิ้ว แต่สว���แหวนไว้ที่...
"เขาจับมือหล่อนและเลื่อนลงไปเหมาะเจาะระหว่างขา นิ้วมือหญิงสาวสัมผัสถึงดุ้นลึงค์เป็นอย่างแรก แล้วเขาจึงนำท���งนิ้วมือของหล่อนจนรู้สึกถึงแหวนที่โคนของมัน สัมผัสจากมือหล่อน, กระนั้นก็ตาม, ลึงค์แข็งตัวและเขาร้องครางออกมา เพราะว่าแหวนนั้นบีบรัดจนเขาเจ็บปวดแสนสาหัส"
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ประทับใจ แน็ง.. หญิงสาวของเธอช่างไร้เดียงสาเสียจริง :')
April 5, 2010
I'm giving this 5 stars because I like the stories (some better than others), love the way they're written and enjoy ANs style of writing.....lush,sensuous and erotic.
May 26, 2023
TW !! this is the thing, her writing is beautiful. but i just can't look past the consistent sexual assult, degradation and violence against women. and a lot of her stories are just repetitive.
July 27, 2025
2/5 There were some interesting ideas in some of the stories but none of them were really explored in any way, because Nin wrote these short stories for her private client. You can tell from her writing that she was holding herself back from developing her more philosophical perspectives which is what I wanted so I’ll definitely be reading her other work where she has more freedom. I found a letter that she wrote to this private client who she refers to as the ‘Collector’ and I think it was a pretty cool insight into how she herself felt about these erotic stories she was being paid to write.
This is some of the said letter.
“Dear Collector:
We hate you. Sex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit, mechanical, overdone, when it becomes a mechanistic obsession. It becomes a bore. You have taught us more than anyone I know how wrong it is not to mix it with emotion, hunger, desire, lust, whims, caprices, personal ties, deeper relationships which change its color, flavor, rhythms, intensities.
…
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Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy.
Anaïs Nin”
This is some of the said letter.
“Dear Collector:
We hate you. Sex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit, mechanical, overdone, when it becomes a mechanistic obsession. It becomes a bore. You have taught us more than anyone I know how wrong it is not to mix it with emotion, hunger, desire, lust, whims, caprices, personal ties, deeper relationships which change its color, flavor, rhythms, intensities.
…
…
Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy.
Anaïs Nin”
December 2, 2023
Eros Unbound is a collection of erotica short stories written in the 1940s by Anaïs Nin, and, apart from the clear objectification of women and unsavoury views on male/female roles at that time, it feels like it could have been written today. There’s a nostalgic romanticism about her topics, from art models to gypsy caravans, and her writing style is sharp, vivid and graceful. Despite the seedy men she puts the passions of women and their releasing of inhibitions first.
August 18, 2020
I didn't feel these stories. There's no doubting Anaïs Nin and her detailed writing. I was expecting a touch of delicious feminist filth and found it to be an in depth telling of the sexuality of all ages, good and bad situations (trigger warnings) and a fine example of power structures at play. A personal rounding up because the petite physical book fit in my back pocket.
July 6, 2012
I read each of these stories when they were first published (posthumously) in 1977 and 1979, but probably not since. My twenty-one year-old self found them quite arousing as I recall, but either I've become old or jaded. Or both. By the standards of our advertising- and internet-fueled world of almost constant pornography, they are extremely tame; however by the standards of the 1940s—when they were written for an "annonymous collector" at a dollar a page—they were most surely quite racy.
One has to apply the a similar sensibility to use of language regarding racial identity: it was somewhat startling to read in the story "Saffron" about the "colored" household staff in New Orleans. But the meanings of words change over time; it's one of the intrigueing things about the English language that today saying "people of color" is quite respectable whereas "colored people" is somehow perjorative. I doubt Nin—with her wide-ranging experience in France during the inter-war years—was much effected by racial prejudice.
All in all, I found the stories sweet, and a good reminder that those things we do for our satisfaction are not new—they've most likely been around for aeons. The somewhat "delicate" prose is a quaint reminder.
One has to apply the a similar sensibility to use of language regarding racial identity: it was somewhat startling to read in the story "Saffron" about the "colored" household staff in New Orleans. But the meanings of words change over time; it's one of the intrigueing things about the English language that today saying "people of color" is quite respectable whereas "colored people" is somehow perjorative. I doubt Nin—with her wide-ranging experience in France during the inter-war years—was much effected by racial prejudice.
All in all, I found the stories sweet, and a good reminder that those things we do for our satisfaction are not new—they've most likely been around for aeons. The somewhat "delicate" prose is a quaint reminder.
June 7, 2014
Anais Nin − Eros Unbound
I was given this to read along with many others for a friend’s wedding. It went with the invite−part of the invite, with the intention of the guests discussing it at the event.
Initially it felt like Catherine Cookson porn. The female genitals appeared to be called ‘my sex’ ‘her sex’ quite a lot which is amusing. Nin died in 1977. These are collections of non- sequitur stories that appear quite Chekovian in form, but less convincing in plot−some seem to end very abruptly. They obviously seem tame now in the ever expanding genre of erotica, but at the time they may well have been an advancement of feminism, as they deal with lust/desire rather than love most of the time.
I enjoyed the stories more and more as I read them−I stayed up late to finish the collection, which has to be a good sign.
So at least now I will be able to discuss the collection at the wedding and be able to find out if the bride and groom are being ‘post-ironic’? If it turns into an orgy instigated by the stories−I will be leaving early and going to bed… with a good book.
The writing IMP
I was given this to read along with many others for a friend’s wedding. It went with the invite−part of the invite, with the intention of the guests discussing it at the event.
Initially it felt like Catherine Cookson porn. The female genitals appeared to be called ‘my sex’ ‘her sex’ quite a lot which is amusing. Nin died in 1977. These are collections of non- sequitur stories that appear quite Chekovian in form, but less convincing in plot−some seem to end very abruptly. They obviously seem tame now in the ever expanding genre of erotica, but at the time they may well have been an advancement of feminism, as they deal with lust/desire rather than love most of the time.
I enjoyed the stories more and more as I read them−I stayed up late to finish the collection, which has to be a good sign.
So at least now I will be able to discuss the collection at the wedding and be able to find out if the bride and groom are being ‘post-ironic’? If it turns into an orgy instigated by the stories−I will be leaving early and going to bed… with a good book.
The writing IMP
March 20, 2017
love can be sensual, okay, but i officially do not care.
(contradicting collection. rolled my eyes wayyy too much. also, note to other people: a 15 year old reading this in a mostly-secluded corner of a public library, not a nice mental image, but that's what happened & i'm still trying to decide if i was severely uncomfortable in my own head or wanted to die of embarrassment (or both, oh god). i'll let you know when i do.)
but then, why did i read this, you ask.
poor impulse control. bad life decisions. questionable curiosity that made the cat look just that bit deranged. take your pick.
(contradicting collection. rolled my eyes wayyy too much. also, note to other people: a 15 year old reading this in a mostly-secluded corner of a public library, not a nice mental image, but that's what happened & i'm still trying to decide if i was severely uncomfortable in my own head or wanted to die of embarrassment (or both, oh god). i'll let you know when i do.)
but then, why did i read this, you ask.
poor impulse control. bad life decisions. questionable curiosity that made the cat look just that bit deranged. take your pick.
March 5, 2008
A Secret Santa present from a fellow exchange student who saw me reading Story of the Eye. My first introduction to Nin-- not bad reading for a six-hour layover in Frankfurt, though far too short for that purpose.
The protagonists (all female) are pretty thinly characterized, and almost all characterization is related to their sexual experience. The major difference between Nin's stories and more pornographic works is the agency of the female characters, so points for Nin there.
The protagonists (all female) are pretty thinly characterized, and almost all characterization is related to their sexual experience. The major difference between Nin's stories and more pornographic works is the agency of the female characters, so points for Nin there.
April 13, 2013
This is erotica, but I didn't actually find it all that erotic. The writing itself was very pretty and engaging in the way that it flows, but I found the characters mostly unengaging. I didn't really care what happened to them, or I found it too buttoned down. I feel weird saying that, but it just seemed so traditional in it's values in a strange way. I mean, it was very sexually expicit, but the men seemed so over the top in their masculinity and the same for the women in their femininity.
October 17, 2012
A few stood out but some were just flimsy fantasies made for a client who wanted some 'entertainment'. I like her prose, because it was simple and at points, she was witty. It was enjoyable to read. The Ring was quite weird and too short. Either I'm lacking cultural knowledge or it lacked some more narratives.
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November 29, 2017As far as erotic fiction goes, these stories are representative of their period's bohemian mode. They're courageous in their own reality, yet they are not more than that stylistically. I'm not sure of their literary value as some of the narratives are distracted. They are not what I would call refined stories, although they reveal a promise of deliciousness somewhere between the lines.
October 26, 2020
Here penguin have been good enough to compile Anais Nin's better and ironically, less controversial erotic short stories.
The small anecdotes contained within this book are provocative but linguistically beautiful. Female liberalization seems to be a permeating theme.
The small anecdotes contained within this book are provocative but linguistically beautiful. Female liberalization seems to be a permeating theme.
September 30, 2011
Nin's work may have been groundbreaking. But so are pneumatic drills and earthquakes. Neither are particularly entertaining, and neither is trying to read smut and discovering it's full of incest and other creepy kinks.
July 17, 2012
A collection of short stories with too much distance in them for you to really connect with any character or enjoy any story fully. They always end abruptly and there are even times I wonder if there was any point or purpose to what I just read.
December 22, 2013
It's good to know that you're not the only one who goes through all those sexual-exploration feelings--people all over the world experience the same. This is my major takeaway from this quick read that consists of eight short stories.
January 12, 2014
This was an interesting read of caricatured erotica, although some of the stories in this volume do show their time. You do have to admire the fact that this is the work of a woman writing around the 1940s, and for that fact these short stories are fascinating.
October 4, 2014
The stories in this slim tome have been selected from Nin's Delta of Venus and Little Birds. The level of eroticism varies from story to story, and some are too short to be completely satisfactory. All in all, it was an enjoyable read, but not particularly memorable.
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