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In this series of interconnected narratives, Anaïs Nin portrays Sabina—a bored, bourgeois New Yorker—who descends into a realm of illicit romance and sensual experimentation. Sabina's encounters span the city's elite and its shadowed corners, weaving a tapestry of desire and betrayal. The stories trace her self‑provoked detachment from societal norms, as she consciously pursues brief, passionate liaisons with wary, unknown men. Nin’s teasing prose captures the tension between the allure of the forbidden and the inevitable emotional burdens that accompany an indulgent, clandestine existence.
First publish date: June 1978
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Anaïs Nin
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