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Book 2001

Henry and June (Penguin Modern Classics)

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Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Published
2001
  • Diaries
  • American Authors
  • Authors, American
  • Biography
  • Relations with women
  • Anaïs Nin
  • Fiction, general
  • Authors, biography

Drawn from the original, uncensored journals of Anaïs Nin,Henry and June is an intimate account of a woman's sexual awakening. It covers a single momentous year - from late 1931 to the end of 1932 - during Nin's life in Paris, when she met Henry Miller and his wife, June. She fell in love with June's beauty and Henry's writing and, soon after June's departure for New York, began a fiery affair with Henry, which liberated her sexually and morally but undermined her marriage and let her into psychoanalysis. One question dominated her thoughts: what would happen when June returned to Paris? That event took place in October 1932, leaving Nin trapped between two loves - Henry and June.