Synopses & Reviews
"One of contemporary literature's most important writers."-Newsweek
Anaïs Nin explores passion in all its forms, from two strangers on a moonlit Normandy beach to a woman's sudden fulfillment at a public hanging. Evocative, compelling, superbly erotic, Little Birds is a powerful journey into the mysterious world of sex and sensuality.
Anaïs 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.
Review
PRAISE FOR LITTLE BIRDS
"[It is] so distinct an advance in the depiction of female sensuality that I felt, on reading it, enormous gratitude."-Alice Walker
Synopsis
Evocative and superbly erotic, Little Birds is a powerful journey into the mysterious world of sex and sensuality. From the beach towns of Normandy to the streets of New Orleans, these thirteen vignettes introduce us to a covetous French painter, a sleepless wanderer of the night, a guitar-playing gypsy, and a host of others who yearn for and dive into the turbulent depths of romantic experience.
Synopsis
The inspiration for the six-part series "Little Birds" from Sophia Al-Maria. These thirteen erotic short stories by the acclaimed author of Henry and June explore the nature of desire, taboo, and female sensuality.
Following her first book of erotic short fiction, Delta of Venus, Ana s Nin continues to illuminate the many guises of human sexuality in Little Birds. From the beach towns of Normandy to the streets of New Orleans, these thirteen vignettes introduce us to a covetous French painter, a sleepless wanderer of the night, a guitar-playing gypsy, and a host of others who yearn for and dive into the turbulent depths of romantic experience.
" It is] so distinct an advance in the depiction of female sensuality that I felt, on reading it, enormous gratitude."--Alice Walker
"One of contemporary literature's most important writers."--Newsweek
Synopsis
"One of contemporary literature's most important writers." -- Newsweek
About the Author
Anais Nin was the author of novels, short stories, critical studies, a collection of essays, two volumes of erotica, and nine published volumes of her Diary. Born in Paris in 1903 of parents who were musicians, she aspired at an early age to be a writer. She achieved international fame with the first publication of her diary in 1966 and was in wide demand as a lecturer until illness forced her into retirement. She died in Los Angeles in January 1977.
Table of Contents
PREFACE Little Birds
The Woman on the Dunes
Lina
Two Sisters
Sirocco
The Maja
A Model
The Queen
Hilda and Rango
The Chanchiquito
Saffron
Mandra
Runaway