Anais Nin

In Favor of the Sensitive Man and Other Essays

Notify me when the book’s added
To read this book, upload an EPUB or FB2 file to Bookmate. How do I upload a book?
Essays, lectures, and interviewson everything from gender relations to Ingmar Bergman to adventure travelfrom the renowned diarist. In this collection, the author known for ';one of the most remarkable diaries in the history of letters' shares her unique perceptions of people, places, and the arts (Los Angeles Times). In the opening group of essays, ';Women and Men,' Anas Nin provides the kind of sensitive insights into the feminine psyche and relations between the sexes that are a hallmark of her work. In ';Writing, Music, and Films,' she speaks as an artist and criticin book and film reviews, an essay on the composer Edgard Varese, a lecture on Ingmar Bergman, and the story of her printing press. In the final section, ';Enchanted Places,' Nin records her travels to such destinations as Fez and Agadir in Morocco, Bali, the New Hebrides, and New Caledoniaand she concludes with a charming vignette titled ';My Turkish Grandmother.'
This book is currently unavailable
170 printed pages
Publication year
2012
Have you already read it? How did you like it?
👍👎

Quotes

  • Katya Kovalyovahas quoted5 years ago
    We are all engaged in the task of peeling off the false selves, the programmed selves, the selves created by our families, our culture, our religions
  • Greciahas quoted3 years ago
    I imitated the form of the astrological charts and arranged my friends and their cities in constellations. I very much liked the idea of relationships being visualized as horoscopes and charts
  • Greciahas quoted3 years ago
    One continually leaps over the negative. I haven’t yet reached a point where I’m courageous every day. And the struggle keeps my diary alive. Now I have a sense of harmony, of integration. I feel free. The two women are there in me, but they don’t tear at each other. They live in peace

On the bookshelves

fb2epub
Drag & drop your files (not more than 5 at once)