Linotte: The Early Diary of Anais Nin (1914-1920)

A charming and amusing view of Nin's early life, from age eleven to seventeen; the self-portrait of an innocent girl who is transformed, through her own insights, into an enlightened young woman. "An enchanting portrait of a girl's constant search for herself" (Library Journal). Preface by Joaquin Nin-Culmell; Index; photographs and drawings. Translated by Jean L. Sherman.

About the author

ANAÏS NIN (1903-1977) was born in Paris and aspired at an early age to be a writer. An influential artist and thinker, she was the author of several novels, short stories, critical studies, a collection of essays, nine published volumes of her Diary, and two volumes of erotica, Delta of Venus and Little Birds. 

Summary

A charming and amusing view of Nin's early life, from age eleven to seventeen; the self-portrait of an innocent girl who is transformed, through her own insights, into an enlightened young woman. "An enchanting portrait of a girl's constant search for herself" (Library Journal). Preface by Joaquin Nin-Culmell; Index; photographs and drawings. Translated by Jean L. Sherman.

Product details

• Authors: Anais Nin, Anaïs Nin
• Assisted by: Jean L Sherman (Translation), Jean L. Sherman (Translation)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.1980
• EAN: 9780156523868
• ISBN: 978-0-15-652386-8
• No. of pages: 518
• Weight: 4531 g
• Series: Early Diary of Anais Nin
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Biography: general, Short Stories, Memoirs, Anthologies: general, Feminism and feminist theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: writers, Biography: historical, political and military, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, LITERARY CRITICISM: Women Authors, HISTORY: Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM: Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM: Short Stories, LITERARY CRITICISM: Feminist, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs