A Spy in the House of Love
Author: Anaïs Nin
Desc: A Spy in the House of Love whose heroine Sabina is deeply divided between her drive for artistic and sexual expression on the one hand and social restrictions and self-created inhibitions on the other echoes Nin's personal struggle with sex love and emotional fragmentation. Written when Nin's own life was taut with conflicting loyalties her protagonist Sabina repeatedly asks herself can one indulge one's sensual restlessness the fantasies the relentless need for adventure without devastating consequences?