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Drawn from journals, this book is an account of a woman's sexual awakening, covering a single momentous year - 1931-32, in Paris, when June fell in love with Henry Miller, undermining her own idealized marriage. The question of the outcome of June Miller's return to Paris dominates her thoughts.
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Anais Nin (1903-1977) was a French-born author of Catalan, Cuban and Danish descent. She became famous for her erotica, as well as for her published diaries, which span more than sixty years, beginning when she was eleven years old and ending shortly before her death.
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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thought this was an excellent book.
Adapted from Anais's own journals, it follows her affair with the writer Henry Miller, and also her infatuation with his wife June.
Adapted from Anais's own journals, it follows her affair with the writer Henry Miller, and also her infatuation with his wife June.
It was a wonderful insight into the more sensitive and quite vunerable aspects of Anais personality, written with such genuine feeling and great frankness, that it is lovely to be able to clearly define her different moods.
She describes her characters with fantastic skill and great care it would seem, so that early on within the book you have clear pictures and insight into each one.
This book literally oozes feminine charm and is
one of those books that you never want to put down, in my opinion one of her best works, a definite must for any Anais fan, and an ideal book to start with if you have never read anything by Anais Nin before.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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This was the first Anais Nin book I ever read and I was quite blown away by it. It sparked a deep interest in Nin's writing which I still feel, over ten years after having read "Henry and June" for the first time. This book traces Nin's sexual awakening as well as her discovery of the joy of living and writing in Paris in the early 1930s, and is written in an intimate, captivating and erotic tone - her descriptions of sexual desire are deeply affecting. Nin's style is not for everyone, but I can guarantee that "Henry and June" will be unlike anything else you've ever read.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read this book several years ago, and I've reread it many times since then and bought copies for some people close to me. I identify very much with Anais in this book. Her style makes it very accessible while the prose is very rich and poetic, and the 'story' is involving.
It's had a very profound effect on my life, and continues to influence me. A very powerful and worthwhile read.
It's had a very profound effect on my life, and continues to influence me. A very powerful and worthwhile read.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Self Exposure
Anais becomes trapped in a number of relationships. She is married to Hugh Guiler who is her emotional relationship anchor. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
Not a novel
Henry and June is an assemblage from the diaries of Anaïs Nin, who had an affair with Henry Miller in 1931-2. Read more
Published 17 months ago by reader 451
Ugly side of Beauty
Blessed with an attractive name, Anais Nin's prose is another matter. Regarded as a better diarist than fiction writer, this story is taken from her diaries, but overall is... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Deloratta
moderately interesting, for a diary
This is Anais Nin's diary of her ambivalent love affair with the writer Henry Miller. She describes the turmoil of her awakening to the deficiencies of her husband Hugo, and... Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2007 by Talc Demon
moderately interesting, for a diary
This is Anais Nin's diary of her ambivalent love affair with the writer Henry Miller. She describes the turmoil of her awakening to the deficiencies of her husband Hugo, and... Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2007 by Talc Demon
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