Vol.15 No.3 1948 - page 272

at last, all in one book
in response to the demands
of ardent
n~in
readers
h
ere at last, is a complete col–
lection of all Anais Nin's short
stories, with four not in any
previous anthology, plus her nov–
elette
Winter of Artifice.
This book covers in a cross sweep
the whole Nin landscape from
a houseboat in .the Seine to the
mysterious No Man's Land of
the psyche, which in this collec–
tion, Miss Nin explores to the
farthermost borders of conscious–
ness. These bold stories are re–
markable for their intuition and
psychological insight, and should
swell the ranks of Anais Nin's
enthusiastic following.
under
a
glass
bell
and other stories
by
anais nin,
HOUSEBOAT • THE MOUSE • UNDER A GLASS
BELL • THE MOHICAN • JE SUIS LE PLUS MALADE
des SURREALISTES • RAGTIME • THE LABYRINTH
• THROUGH THE STREETS OF MY OWN LABYRINTH
• THE ALL-SEEING • THE EYE'S JOURNEY • THE
CHI~D
BORN OUT OF THE FOG • HEDJA • BIRTH
WINTER OF ARTIFICE-Part 1--Djuna
WINTER OF ARTIFICE-Part 11-The Voice
The pieces in this collection belong to a peculiar
genre sometimes cultivated by the late Virginia Woolf. They
•.. mix a sometimes exquisite poetry with a homely realistic
observation. They take place in a world of feminine perception
and fancy which is all the more curious and charming for
being international.
Edmund Wilson
of WINTER of ARTIFICE
I think it is wonderful that such a story has been published–
so distinctive and so personal a story and so daring a one.
Alys11
Gregory
E. P. DUTTON and CO., Inc.
AT YOUR BOOKSTORE $3.00
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