signed first edition Hardcover
1968 · New York
by Nin, Anaïs
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Anaïs Nin on the front flyleaf. In this provocative work, Nin explores the act of creation - in film, art, and dance as well as literature - to chart a new direction for the young artist struggling against what she perceived as the sterility, formlessness, and spiritual bankruptcy afflicting much of mid-twentieth-century fiction. Nin offers, instead, an argument for and synthesis of the poetic novel and discusses her own efforts in this genre as well as its influence on the development of such writers as D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, Marguerite Young, and Djuna Barnes. Octavo: 214 p. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
(Inventory #: 77512)
(626) 967-1888
