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Simon
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I am giving this a re-read since it was the first book by Anaïs Nin I read. I find it interesting that so many scenes are clearly intended to be both erotic and disturbing at the same time. (e. g. the flashback in "The Woman in the Dunes" to when the title character was sexually assaulted while witnessing a public execution)
— Oct 04, 2026 06:46AM
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Simon
is on page 103 of 148
rereading this I can see a bit more conceptual continuity with Anaïs Nin's other books, both Bijou and the artist who hires her as a model only to fall in love with her from "The Delta of Venus" appear in the short story "the Queen"
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Simon
is on page 103 of 148
More interesting things about this short story collection: A disproportionate amount of the main characters are models who experience their sexual awakening through their jobs in some way or another, and the author NEVER passes moral judgement on ANY of the characters no matter how fucked-up the things they do/say/think might strike the reader. I think the latter factor is why this book still disturbs...
— Nov 18, 2023 04:53AM
Simon
is on page 53 of 148
This is a very interesting collection of short stories so far - basically porn that is still shocking by today's standards (the title story opens the book and portrays a paedophile at least somewhat sympathetically) yet also full of interesting main characters with complex dynamics between each other, gorgeous vivid descriptions of social and natural milieux as well as insight into 1920's/1930's European politics...
— Nov 15, 2023 12:56PM