But the word "penis" is overused it's a sad. I do not deny the fact that Nin has a controversial penchant and undeniable talent in writing such a genre in comparison, to let's say, the author of Fifty Shades. I am afraid the effect Nin might have been aiming for did not reach me at all. And whilst this book is disturbing it disturbs me more that I have fallen asleep reading it. However creative and provoking this is, unfortunately, it can get repetitive and not enough to keep me from falling asleep twice or thrice. From pedophilia, bestiality, necrophilia, incest, ménage à trois to somnophilia (you name it this have it like a porn site menu in written form), these do not suffice to form any literary appreciation in my mind that tries to separate itself from my own personal moral code. As a result, Delta of Venus, Little Birds, and Nin’s childhood diary titled Linotte were released, as well as three volumes of The Early Diary of Anais Nin. Interspersed with interesting bouts of obsession, violence, perversity, and the offensive in a series of short stories where some are linked, the capability of humans to act on their animalistic needs resulting in filthy and horrendous sexual behaviours and relations are as disgusting as one can imagine. She began what became her life-long work of art in 1914 at the age of eleven and kept writing until her death 63 years later in 1977. Disturbing rather than arousing, the hailed classic erotica Delta of Venus reads like a very long foreplay without reaching any climax.
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