Under a Glass Bell - Softcover

Nin, Anais

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140183914 ISBN 13: 9780140183917

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1990

Synopsis

From being a cult figure of the early feminist movement, Anais Nin later rose to international prominence with her writing. With these 13 short stories, Anais Nin penetrates the emotional depths of the individual in a world where illusion is the key to reality.

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Review:

"The pieces in this collection belong to a peculiar genre sometimes cultivated by the late Virginia Woolf. They are half short stories, half dreams, and they mix a sometimes exquisite poetry with a homely realistic observation. . . . Miss Nin is a very good artist, as perhaps none of the literary Surrealists is."
--Edmund Wilson, "New Yorker"

The pieces in this collection belong to a peculiar genre sometimes cultivated by the late Virginia Woolf. They are half short stories, half dreams, and they mix a sometimes exquisite poetry with a homely realistic observation. They take place in a special world, a world of feminine perception and fancy. Miss Nin is a very good artist, as perhaps none of the literary Surrealists is.
Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker"

"The pieces in this collection belong to a peculiar genre sometimes cultivated by the late Virginia Woolf. They are half short stories, half dreams, and they mix a sometimes exquisite poetry with a homely realistic observation. They take place in a special world, a world of feminine perception and fancy.... Miss Nin is a very good artist, as perhaps none of the literary Surrealists is."
-- Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker

Review:

“The pieces in this collection belong to a peculiar genre sometimes cultivated by the late Virginia Woolf. They are half short stories, half dreams, and they mix a sometimes exquisite poetry with a homely realistic observation. They take place in a special world, a world of feminine perception and fancy.... Miss Nin is a very good artist, as perhaps none of the literary Surrealists is.”
― Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140183914
• ISBN 13: 9780140183917
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112