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In The Novel of the Future, Anais Nin explores the act of creation-in film, art, and dance as well as literature-to chart a new direction against what she perceived as the sterility, formlessness, and spiritual bankruptcy afflicting much of mid-twentieth-century fiction. Nin offers, instead, a synthesis of the poetic novel and discusses her own efforts at \"the novel of the future\" along with those of D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, Marguerite Young, and Djuna Barnes.Ninwrote with a level of vulnerability and sincerity that challenged cultural norms, especially regarding female sexuality and identity.
First Collier Book Edition PB, 1970, Macmillan.Inscribed by Anaïs Nin on the title page to “Marilyn,” with an initial misspelling corrected in the author’s hand, followed by the inscription “with friendship.” A warm and personal presentation copy.Several pages contain thoughtful ink marginal notes responding to Nin’s discussion of creativity, consciousness, and artistic perception, including commentary on her comparison of LSD and artistic experience.These annotations are limited and do not obstruct the text.The remainder of the text is clean and bright.
