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Delta of Venus: Erotica by Anaïs Nin

3 reviews

libellumartinae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Avevo già letto una selezione curata di alcuni racconti tratti da questa raccolta e ammetto che al tempo non li avevo trovati né interessanti, né rivoluzionari. Rilegger il libro in italiano invece mi ha molto colpito e ammetto che ho apprezzato molte delle storie più brevi, mentre invece a tratti in quelle più lunghe mi sono annoiata, anche per la costante insistenza sulla dimensione sessuale. Inoltre capisco la forma del racconto, ma in alcuni casi il termine di certe storie è stato veramente senza senso e molto brusco. 

In generale, una lettura interessante del suo tempo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Violence, Drug use, Alcohol, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Infertility, Self harm, Misogyny, Incest, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Abandonment, Xenophobia, War, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexism

blanquiblue2's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

AnaÏs Nin's Delta of Venus is a collection of beautifully written erotic short stories. Her prose is vibrant and sensuous, and through it, she explores the various avenues of female sexuality. Most of her stories, however, are hard to read since they do not deal with healthy sexual relationships. Rather, they all involve some sort of toxic or taboo relationship and/or fetish, from incest to necrophilia. Nin conjures dazzling scenes and sexual encounters that one could never have fathomed, both for their creativity and surrealism and for their dark nature. She distracts us with her alluring words from the perversions of the scenes she is describing, trying to beautify things that we consider shocking as a society. Her work is definitely one of the most interesting things I have read so far, not only because her writing style is mesmerising but because she contrasts it with situations we consider to be revolting, treading very thinly on what is permissible and questioning the moral boundaries of the society we inhabit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

lilbluerexi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

what the hell did i just read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Incest

Moderate: Homophobia