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House Of Incest

By Anais Nin

Book information

Publisher
Swallow Press
Year
1958
ISBN
0804001480, 9780804001489
LCC
PS3527.I865 H6 1989
Open Library ID
OL17119884M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
223 kB (228580 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
\0
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Originally published in 1936, House of Incest is Anais Nin's first work of fiction. The novel is a surrealistic look within the narrator's subconscious mind as she attempts to escape from a dream in which she is trapped, or in Nin's words, as she attempts to escape from "the woman's season in hell." In the documentary Anais Observed, Nin says House of Incest was based on dreams she'd had for more than a year. Nin's usage of the word incest in this case is metaphorical, not literal. In this book the word incest describes a selfish love where one can appreciate in another only that which is similar to oneself. One is then only loving oneself, shunning all differences. At first, such a self-love can seem ideal because it is without fear and without risk. But eventually it becomes a sterile nightmare.

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