Collages

Nin, Anaïs

ISBN 10: 0804012245 / ISBN 13: 9780804012249

Verlag: Swallow Press, 2019

2019. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780804012249

Inhaltsangabe:

A transplant from Vienna to Malibu who is driven by her urge to observe and depict those around her, Renate is, as one of her friends describes her, &;the freest woman I know.&; Living in Malibu, working at the Paradise Inn restaurant, she encounters a series of people whose stories make up a larger collage: Henri the chef; Count Laundromat; Varda the artist and his teenage daughter, Nobuko the actress; the French Consul in the Hollywood Hills; an aged lifeguard with a spiritual longing for the sea; and Bruce, the intimate with an unnerving secret.

First published in 1964 and now reissued with a new introduction by Anita Jarczok, Collages showcases Anaïs Nin&;s dreamlike and introspective style and psychological acuity. Seen by some as linked vignettes and by others as a novel, the book is a mood piece that resists categorization. Based on a close friend of Nin&;s, Renate is the glue that holds the pieces, by turn fragmentary and full, together. One character absorbs a lesson from the Koran: &;Nothing is ever finished.&; With each of Renate&;s successive encounters, we take that message to be true.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Anaïs Nin (1903&;1977) is an iconic literary figure and one of the most notable experimental writers of the twentieth century. As one of the first women to explore female erotica, Nin revealed the inner desires of her characters in a way that made her works a touchstone for later feminist writers. Swallow Press is the premier US publisher of books by and about Nin.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Collages
Verlag: Swallow Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New