Cities of the Interior A Spy in the House of Love, (Paperback)

from kdenissen

Sabina is married to an average great guy but she is restless and seeking meaning and identity. Her husband thinks she is in the theater which requires her to be away from home a lot. In reality, this is a cover for a secret life where Sabina roams the streets and jumps from love affair to love a...

from jarvenpa

I was enthralled by Nin when I was a young, self consciously poetic college girl (we hadn't quite yet insisted that we were women, that came a year or two later). And I devoured her novels, slender and self consciously poetic things that they were, and her many, many diaries, with their poignant ...

from LynnB

This book was written in the late 1950s and I can understand why it must have been quite shocking at the time. I also believe it stands the test of time well....maybe not shocking any more, but still a story that is relevant today. Sabina is married to Alan. She loves him and feels protected and ...

from Luli81

Maybe because I expected a much simpler tale or maybe because I had higher expectations about what this book would be like, but somehow I couldn't help but feeling deceived by this story. The short summary at the back cover seemed promising enough: a haunted woman, Sabina, who is unable to remain...

from TakeItOrLeaveIt

Anais Nin in an "iridescent" fashion describes the immense guilt an affluent woman in a post-WWII man's world must endure. Posing as many people and taking on new roles to fulfill this obligation, reading house of love is like sauntering through promiscuity. Most likely why so many musicians were...