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Anais Nin. Trapeze: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1947-1955. Athens, Ohio. Ohio University Press / Swallow Press in conjunction with Sky Blue Press. 2017. 349 pages.
Anais Nin, queen of online inspirational quotes, legend of erotic literature still taboo in 2017, unfashionable feminist icon, and autobiographical subject of endlessly emerging, brilliant diaries, has gifted us with another glimpse into her marvelous life.
Over one hundred years have passed since 1914, when an eleven-year-old Nin began her first diary. The young Nin embarked on the first edition of her nowfamous oeuvre during a time of great familial turmoil, after her father had deserted the family to pursue an affair with one of his musical students. Nin would continue to painstakingly author, rewrite, and copy out the diaries as part of her comprehensive life's work spanning the next sixty years; capturing, reflecting on, and crafting her intellectual and artistic development. As a...