Little Birds

Evocative and superbly erotic, Little Birds is a powerful journey into the mysterious world of sex and sensuality. From the beach towns of Normandy to the streets of New Orleans, these thirteen vignettes introduce us to a covetous French painter, a sleepless wanderer of the night, a guitar-playing gypsy, and a host of others who yearn for and dive into the turbulent depths of romantic experience.

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PREFACE
Little Birds
The Woman on the Dunes
Lina
Two Sisters
Sirocco
The Maja
A Model
The Queen
Hilda and Rango
The Chanchiquito
Saffron
Mandra
Runaway

Info autore

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. 

Riassunto

The inspiration for the six-part series “Little Birds” from Sophia Al-Maria.

These thirteen erotic short stories by the acclaimed author of Henry and June explore the nature of desire, taboo, and female sensuality.
From the beach towns of Normandy to the streets of New Orleans, these thirteen vignettes introduce us to a covetous French painter, a sleepless wanderer of the night, a guitar-playing gypsy, and a host of others who yearn for and dive into the turbulent depths of romantic experience.

"[It is] so distinct an advance in the depiction of female sensuality that I felt, on reading it, enormous gratitude."??—??Alice Walker

"One of contemporary literature's most important writers.??—??Newsweek

Testo aggiuntivo

PRAISE FOR LITTLE BIRDS
"[It is] so distinct an advance in the depiction of female sensuality that I felt, on reading it, enormous gratitude."-Alice Walker

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anais Nin, Anaïs Nin
• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.02.2004
• EAN: 9780156029049
• ISBN: 978-0-15-602904-9
• Pagine: 176
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 12 mm
• Peso: 145 g
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Romance, Fantasy, Short Stories, Erotic Romance, erotic fiction, Feminism and feminist theory, Contains explicit or offensive material or content, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, FICTION: Romance / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Erotica / General, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION: Erotica / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Romance / Erotic, Modern and Contemporary romance, Literature / General Fiction