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Little Birds

By Anais Nin

(21)

| Paperback | 9780156029049

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Book Description

Evocative and superbly erotic, Little Birds is a powerful journey into the mysterious world of sex and sensuality. From the beach towns of Normandy to the streets of New Orleans, these thirteen vignettes introduce us to a covetous French painter, a sleepless wanderer of the night, a guitar-playing gContinue

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For being one of the first (and reportedly finest) female writers of erotic literature, in Little Birds Anais Nin shows very little knowledge of women's desire and sexuality. All of the scenarios portrayed in these short stories are so obviously influenced by male fantasies. Furthermore, racial, Ori ... (continue)

For being one of the first (and reportedly finest) female writers of erotic literature, in Little Birds Anais Nin shows very little knowledge of women's desire and sexuality. All of the scenarios portrayed in these short stories are so obviously influenced by male fantasies. Furthermore, racial, Orientalist and petit-bourgeois stereotypes abound: women of colour being hypersexualized, young models eagerly losing their respectability at the hands of old bohemian and depraved painters and above all, the ineluctable fate awaiting all women, to be awakened and transformed by the overwhelming power of male sexuality.
If this is the best of the genre, I shall never try anything else.

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Elaine said on Sep 24, 2011 | Add your feedback

More Please... Oh No, She's Dead Now.

Yes, I reckon that this is what Anias Nin does best, short stories of erotica. With dazzling writing, a good short story is one you don't want to end, n'est-ce pas?

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mrpeterryan said on Jan 13, 2010 | Add your feedback