- Paperback: 139 pages
- Publisher: Swallow Press; 1 edition (Jan 1 1959)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0804002800
- ISBN-13: 978-0804002806
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.7 x 0.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,188,903 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
A Spy in the House of Love, whose heroine Sabina is deeply divided between her drive for artistic and sexual expression and social restrictions and self-created inhibitions, echoes Anaïs Nin’s personal struggle with sex, love, and emotional fragmentation. Although Nin found in her diaries a profound mode of self-creation and confession, she could not reveal this intimate record of her own experiences during her lifetime. Instead, she turned to fiction, where her stories and novels became artistic “distillations” of her secret diaries. Written when Nin’s own life was taut with conflicting loyalties, her protagonist Sabina repeatedly asks herself, can one idulge one’s sensual restlessness, the fantasies, the relentless need for adventure without devastating consequences?
About the Author
Anais Nin—the celebrated novelst, diarist, and short story writer—was born in France and spent her childhood in various parts of Europe and in New York. Nin returned to New York just before the outbreak of World War II, and she spent the rest of her life living there and in Paris and Los Angeles. Her work is characterized by a interest in the subconscious. Her five novels in the Cities of the Interior series focus on different female types and follow their lives through lovers, art, and analysis. In 1973 Nin received an honorary doctorate from Philadelphia College of Art. She was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1974.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Refreshingly nonjudgmental tale of infidelity,
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This review is from: Spy In House Of Love: V4 In Nin'S Continuous Novel (Paperback)
I actually owned this book for years before getting around to reading it, and then when I finally did I was kicking myself for not reading it sooner. "A Spy in the House of Love" is the story of a young woman named Sabina who, despite having a kind and loving husband, engages in adulterous affairs with men she barely knows. What is it that motivates Sabina? Is it a thirst for adventure? Lust? Resentment towards her husband or the roles society imposes on her? Instead of being a trite morality tale where the "sinner" is punished by facing horrible consequences (like the recent film "Unfaithful") this book explores, without judgement, Sabina's conflicted emotions and motives.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting,
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This review is from: Spy In House Of Love: V4 In Nin'S Continuous Novel (Paperback)
I really dug into this little book. I t does a good job of examining the psyche of a woman who can't remain faithful to the man she loves. While I might have previously considered the main character's behaviour an example of (wo-)mankind's endless ability to justify selfish acts, I got some perspective on aspects of the main character's psyche which was evidently much needed. This is sort of anti-existentialism, where people are small and subject to pulls from their gender, class, race, and age, never mind their impulses. It doesn't justify chronic faithlessness, at all, but it does present a certain disphoric reality where only the very strong can be responsible for the consequences of their actions.
5.0 out of 5 stars
No words to describe its beauty!!,
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This review is from: Spy In House Of Love: V4 In Nin'S Continuous Novel (Paperback)
I just finished one of the most amazing book of the century gone by. I do not know why people always associate Anais Nin and her works to Erotica when there is so much more to it. Yes she did write a whole lotta sensous reading material but then again she was only portraying the truth, wasn't she? A Spy in the House of Love is all about a woman named Sabina and her life as she flows or rather drifts from one lustful experience to another. She lies, she deceives, she puts on an act only never to find solace in places where she looks for the most - in the arms of strangers but her own husband Alan. My feelings ranged like tidal waves while devouring this book. I felt like a thief hiding a secret and at the same time felt so connected with my emotions and responses to what my body demanded. Sabina as a character is so quite that sometimes her silence speaks volumes. The way she moves, the way Ms. Nin breathes life into her is absolutely a piece of art. Rising from the ashes and yet unforgiven. A true to life caricature of what desires can do and their power on our mortal lives.
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