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A review by benjimo
Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
3.0
There was a time when Anais Nin and Henry Miller were strapped for cash, as struggling artists. They met a rich dude whose "friend" was willing to pay them good money if they wrote erotica for his personal collection. The two artists, with money being hard to come by, and themselves being of the sexually liberal Parisian spirit, said OK, fuck it.
And so the stories of Delta Venus were born.
This collection is fetish-filled and often times just for the sake of satisfying their proprietor's desire. But Nin also flexes her poetic talent as a writer, and it's what make this collection worth a read.
Sometimes the stories go deeply into the psyche and history of a sexually frenzied character, revealing a complex psychology and positing sexual desire as both completely natural and completely unique from person to person.
There are stories in here, especially the last one, in which Nin attempts to breakdown the communication barriers of the sexs, having characters spend a night exploring whatever fantasies they want and then letting them discuss openly their favorite sensations and their bodies.
But those are the hidden gems of this collection. Overall it's main purpose is to stir the lusty imagination. But Anis Nin's skill as a writer and a poet come through nonetheless and, I think, justify this book as literature, separate and distinct from the cheap thrills of a book like 50 shades of grey.
And so the stories of Delta Venus were born.
This collection is fetish-filled and often times just for the sake of satisfying their proprietor's desire. But Nin also flexes her poetic talent as a writer, and it's what make this collection worth a read.
Sometimes the stories go deeply into the psyche and history of a sexually frenzied character, revealing a complex psychology and positing sexual desire as both completely natural and completely unique from person to person.
There are stories in here, especially the last one, in which Nin attempts to breakdown the communication barriers of the sexs, having characters spend a night exploring whatever fantasies they want and then letting them discuss openly their favorite sensations and their bodies.
But those are the hidden gems of this collection. Overall it's main purpose is to stir the lusty imagination. But Anis Nin's skill as a writer and a poet come through nonetheless and, I think, justify this book as literature, separate and distinct from the cheap thrills of a book like 50 shades of grey.