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A Spy in the House of Love (Paperback)

by Anais Nin (Author)
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Beautiful, bored and bourgeoise, Sabina leads a double life inspired by her relentless desire for brief encounters with near-strangers. Fired into faithlessness by a desperate longing for sexual fulfilment, she weaves a sensual web of deceit across New York. But when the secrecy of her affairs becomes too much to bear, Sabina makes a late night phone-call to a stranger from a bar, and begins a confession that captivates the unknown man and soon inspires him to seek her out


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A modern woman's string of passionate, at times frightening, love affairs is recounted in the author's trademark erotic, image-laden language. Reprint. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshingly nonjudgmental tale of infidelity, Nov 10 2003
By Douglas King (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, Dec 16 2002
By Gordon Smith (san jose, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars No words to describe its beauty!!, Jun 6 2002
By Vivek Tejuja "vivekian" (mumbai, maharashtra, india) - See all my reviews
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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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3.0 out of 5 stars True depiction of the woman, poor representational style
Nin was a poet and never knew it. The dense verse, not prose, bogs down the philosophical aspect of this work. Read more
Published on Aug 21 2000 by Mr. Egregious

4.0 out of 5 stars inflight entertainement
A faboulous evening begins after reading anais nin, learning to lead while most struggle just to get it or learning a foreign language in 30 days. Read more
Published on April 1 2000 by Célia Gonçalves

3.0 out of 5 stars fantasy novel
Although I thought this book was a good novel, it was my first fantasy novel. Sabina was off either living happy in her other life or feeling remorse around a man that really... Read more
Published on May 19 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars The best i'v read
It takes somebody who has lived all those situations to write such a wonderful story like this one which is full of love & desire. Read more
Published on May 1 1999

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