Little Birds av Anaïs Nin

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<p>Ana¿Nin''s <i>Little Birds</i> is published in Penguin Modern Classics.<br><br>Ana¿Nin''s second volume of erotic short stories after <i>Delta of Venus</i>, <i>Little Birds</i> is broader in scope, encompassing the entire breadth of human sensuality. Each of the 13 stories captures a moment of pure desire, in all its complexity and paradoxical simplicity.<br><br>Ana¿Nin (1903-77), born in Paris, was the daughter of a Franco-Danish singer and a Cuban pianist. Her first book - a defence of D. H. Lawrence - was published in the 1930s. Her prose poem, <i>House of Incest</i> (1936) was followed by the collection of three novellas, collected as <i>Winter of Artifice</i> (1939). In the 1940s she began to write erotica for an anonymous client, and these pieces are collected in <i>Delta of Venus</i> and <i>Little Birds</i> (both published posthumously). During her later years Ana¿Nin lectured frequently at universities throughout the USA, in 1974 and was elected to the United States National