{"product_id":"house-of-incest-9780804001489","title":"House Of Incest","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHouse Of Incest\u003c\/strong\u003e by Nin, Anaïs. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780804001489.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Allison Pease, this new edition of House of Incest is a lyrical journey into the subconscious mind of one of the most celebrated feminist writers of the twentieth-century.\nOriginally published in 1936,  House of Incest  is Anaïs Nin’s first work of fiction. Based on Nin’s dreams, the novel is a surrealistic look within the narrator’s subconscious as she attempts to distance herself from a series of all-consuming and often taboo desires she cannot bear to let go. The incest Nin depicts is a metaphor—a selfish love wherein a woman can appreciate only qualities in a lover that are similar to her own. Through a descriptive exploration of romances and attractions between women, between a sister and her beloved brother, and with a Christ-like man, Nin’s narrator discovers what she thinks is truth: that a woman’s most perfect love is of herself. At first, this self-love seems ideal because it is attainable without fear and risk of heartbreak. But in time, the narrator’s chosen isolation and self-possessed anguish give way to a visceral nightmare from which she is unable to wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Swallow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44974560935989,"sku":"ByrdShop_0804001480","price":92.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780804001489_5fa9d3db-6057-4b0e-81b0-1a7524c592bb.jpg?v=1778802682","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/house-of-incest-9780804001489","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}