This bestseller covers a single momentous year during Nin’s life in Paris, when she met Henry Miller and his wife, June. “Closer to what many sexually adventuresome women experience than almost anything I’ve ever read....I found it a very erotic book and profoundly liberating” (Alice Walker). The source of a major motion picture from Universal. Preface by Rupert Pole; Index.
About the Author
Ana-s Nin (1903-1977) was born in Paris and aspired at an early age to be a writer. An influential artist and thinker, she was the author of several novels, short stories, critical studies, a collection of essays, two volumes of erotica, and nine published volumes of her Diary. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
Review
“Henry and June is in essence a record of Nin’s erotic awakening…At once effusive and measured, lyrical and taut, this slim volume is the record of a woman struggling for clarity in the dialogue with herself.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Tightly drawn and full of passion.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Nin’s own sense of her feminine nature splendidly revealed.”—Booklist
--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
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