{"product_id":"cities-of-the-interior-paperback","title":"Cities of the Interior - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnaïs Nin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLadders to Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Albatross\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Four-Chambered Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Spy in the House of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeduction of the Minotaur\u003c\/i\u003e. Haunting and hypnotic, these five novels by Anaïs Nin began in 1946 to appear in quiet succession. Though published separately over the next fifteen years, the five were conceived as a continuous experience-a continuous novel like Proust's, real and flowing as a river.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe full impact of Anaïs Nin's genius is only to be found through reading the novels in context and in succession. They form a rich, luminous tapestry whose overall theme Nin has called \"woman at war with herself.\" Characters, symbols appear and reappear: now one, now another unfolding, gradually revealing, changing, struggling, growing, and Nin had forged an evocative language all her own for the telling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The diary taught me that there were no neat ends to novels, no neat denouement, no neat synthesis,\" she explains. \"So I began an endless novel, a novel in which the climaxes consisted of discoveries in awareness, each step in awareness becoming a stage in the growth like the layers in trees.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCities of the Interior\u003c\/i\u003e fulfills a long-time desire on the part of readers, publisher, and Anaïs Nin herself to reunite the five novels in a single volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnaïs Nin\u003c\/b\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 590\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.49 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451535179954,"sku":"9780804006668","price":37.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/3f6fa74cf550283e64c90f1f35f1a5c4.webp?v=1778796865","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/cities-of-the-interior-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}