Henry and June: From
 

Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love" -The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin (1931-1932)

by Anais Nin

This bestseller covers a single momentous year during Nin’s life in Paris, when she met Henry Miller and his wife, June. “Closer to what many sexually adventuresome women experience than almost anything I’ve ever read....I found it a very erotic book and profoundly liberating” (Alice Walker). The source of a major motion picture from Universal. Preface by Rupert... (read more)

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Julie M
  • Rated 5 stars

Though very much contested on how much actually happened and how much was imagined, Anais paints such a modern and vibrant look at how the art community worked and played during the early part of the 20th century. Her writings were just raw with the expressions of a woman who wanted to be someone that the constraints of the time wouldn't allow her to be. I felt sorry for her husband but that never overshadowed how much I felt for Anais' never-ending quest to live outside herself.

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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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