{"product_id":"seduction-of-the-minotaur-paperback","title":"Seduction of the Minotaur - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnaïs Nin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Some voyages have their inception in the blueprint of a dream, some in the urgency of contradicting a dream. Lillian's recurrent dream of a ship that could not reach the water, that sailed laboriously, pushed by her with great effort, through city streets, had determined her course toward the sea, as if she would give this ship, once and for all, its proper sea bed.... With her first swallow of air she inhaled a drug of forgetfulness well known to adventurers.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSeduction of the Minotaur\u003c\/i\u003e is the fifth and final volume of Anaïs Nin's continuous novel known as \u003ci\u003eCities of the Interior.\u003c\/i\u003e First published by Swallow Press in 1961, the story follows the travels of the protagonist Lillian through the tropics to a Mexican city loosely based on Acapulco, which Nin herself visited in 1947 and described in the fifth volume of her Diary. As Lillian seeks the warmth and sensuality of this lush and intriguing city, she travels inward as well, learning that to free herself she must free the \"monster\" that has been confined in a labyrinth of her subconscious. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This new Swallow Press edition includes an introduction by Anita Jarczok, author of \u003ci\u003eInventing Anaïs Nin: Celebrity Authorship and the Creation of an Icon.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Swallow Press publishes all five volumes that make up \u003ci\u003eCities of the Interior: Ladders to Fire, Children of the Albatross, The Four-Chambered Heart, A Spy in the House of Love, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeduction of the Minotaur.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnais Nin (1903-1977) was one of the most unique literary figures of this century. As a novelist she was distinctly catalytic, and her life-long diary resembles no other in the history of letters. Her books have been translated in a dozen languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52522071982387,"sku":"9780804011495","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NjFOclhSYnZSOUZtdW1VTFZ2Vmc5UT09.webp?v=1760543647","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/seduction-of-the-minotaur-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}