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Waste of Timelessness
Waste of Timelessness: And Other Early Stories | Anaïs Nin
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Written when Ana��s Nin was in her twenties and living in Louveciennes, France, these stories contain many elements that will delight her readers, including details remembered from childhood, life in Paris, and characters including dancers, artists, writers, women who devote themselves to their work and visions. In the craft of these stories readers are treated to a deft sense of humor, ironic wit, much conversation as well as ecstatic prose, and surprise endings.
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Choice find for the collection today during a lazy, aimless, and incredibly pleasant afternoon at Powell's.

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dalkeyarchiveintern

horrible fiction / amazing call-out of despicably pretentious men who exploit women

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men.

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"She realized he was struggling to find his own image of her for his own exclusive possession."

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"A-Anais Nin sempai..."

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She's a good writer. It's just that her stories are so under-developed, and her voice is too narrative and singular to flesh out into creating actual short stories.