The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 6 by Anaïs Nin

The great project of Anais Nin's life, her diaries, takes on a hall of mirrors quality in this volume (1955 to 1966) as we witness her editing the diaries THAT WE'RE READING, hoping for publication, pondering the questions of revelation-the concern that she not harm people still living-as well as the sheer weight of all those years, and whether that was the most valuable use ofher writing talent. Is that a prediction of the future, because of technology?' Some of it appeals to me, but most of it contains a terrifying dehumanization. 'All around me there is a keen interest in science fiction. One of her preoccupations was dehumanization, how we are becoming more robotic than human. This diary covers a longer time period than the other diaries.Īs always, Nin touches on themes that concern me. There’s even an interesting correspondence between Nin and a poet who is in jail.

There’s a lot of correspondence in this book, correspondence between Nin and famous friends that she has, including Marguerite Young, Lawrence Durrell, and Henry Miller. I think our dreams, reveries were meant to be absorbed organically and gradually, tempered by daylight, cushioned by humble occupations and drab interruptions.' 'It was not humanly bearable, the separation from one's centre, the total voyage into an atmosphere, a rhythm, a space not in harmony with one's physical body. Crazy or genius? Regardless of what I think, it was definitely a learning experience for her. I mean it’s not the first time I heard her talk about it but it does surprise me that she was willing to do that for her craft. I'm still not sure why she felt the need to do LSD. But finally in Volume 6, Nin experiences the success she so deserves.

You can't help but really admire Nin's craft she continued pressing forward and writing books in her genre despite people rejecting them as being too neurotic.

The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 6 by Anaïs Nin