Delta of Venus av Anaïs Nin

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<p>As influential and revelatory in its day as <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i> is now, Ana¿Nin''s <i>Delta of Venus</i> is a groundbreaking anthology of erotic short stories, published in Penguin Modern Classics<br><br>In <i>Delta of Venus</i> Ana¿Nin conjures up a glittering cascade of sexual encounters. Creating her own ''language of the senses'', she explores an area that was previously the domain of male writers and brings to it her own unique perceptions. Her vibrant and impassioned prose evokes the essence of female sexuality in a world where only love has meaning.<br><br>This edition includes a preface adapted from Ana¿Nin''s diary that establishes a context for the work''s gestation, and a postscript to her diary entries in which she explains her desire to use ''women''s language, seeing sexual experience from a woman''s point of view''.<br><br>Ana¿Nin (1903-1977), born in Paris, was the daughter of a Franco-Danish singer and a Cuban pianist. Her first book - a defence of D. H. Law