It covers an auspicious time in Nin s life, from when she is about to publish her first book to her decision to leave Paris for New York. Edited and with an introduction by Gunther Stuhlmann, this celebrated first volume begins in the winter of 1931 and ends in the fall of 1934. Writing candidly of her marriages and affairs including those with psychoanalyst Otto Rank and author Henry Miller Nin presents a passionate and detailed record of a modern woman s journey of self-discovery. Confessional, scandalous, and thoroughly absorbing, her diaries became one of the most celebrated literary projects of the twentieth century. Born in France to Cuban parents, Anais Nin began keeping a diary at the age of eleven and continued the practice for the rest of her life. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Bound in half cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Am I, at bottom, that fervent little Spanish Catholic child who chastised herself for loving toys. DJ has shelf-wear present (chipping present to the crown of the DJ spine). The Diary of Anais Nin, Volume 1 1931-1934. Signed and inscribed by Anais Nin on the FFEP. The Swallow Press and Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
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