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5.0 out of 5 stars
not what it appears, Jun 1 2000
By R. Amanda Barton - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Woman Speaks: Lectures, Seminars, Interviews Anais Nin (Paperback)
I received this book as a gift two years ago and my first thought was "lectures and essays... how boring", but I ended up being swept off me feet by this book. It's beautifully written and contains such insight into the human,and female condition that I have bought copies of it for all of the people who are dearest to me. It's a book to refer back to throughout your life, and reread when you lose your way.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Worth Reading and Rereading - Life Affirming, April 1 2012
By G. Charles Steiner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Woman Speaks: Lectures, Seminars, Interviews Anais Nin (Paperback)
Published in 1975, two years before Nin's death, this book, when I reread it in 1993 for the second time and after being laid-off from a job I had held for 8 years, contains the familiar themes found in all her diaries: her personal life, the nature of intimacy, the magic of transformation or of transforming negative feelings, coping, the push towards life and living, the overcoming of obstacles, solutions for problems, focusing on solutions, not focusing on death.
Having not read it for 20 years, it was worth rereading. It was uplifting.
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