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House of Incest
book by Anaïs Nin
House of Incest is a prose poem[1][2] written by Anaïs Nin. Originally published in , it is Anaïs Nin's first work of fiction.
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Unlike her diaries and erotica, House of Incest does not detail the author's relationships with famous lovers like Henry Miller, nor does it contain graphic depiction of sex. Rather, House of Incest is a surrealistic look within the narrator's subconscious mind as she attempts to escape from a dream in which she is trapped, or in Nin's words, as she attempts to escape from "the woman's season in hell."
Plot introduction
Nin's usage of the word incest in this case is metaphorical, not literal.
In other words, in this book the word "incest" describes a selfish love where one can appreciate in another only that which is similar to oneself. One is then only loving oneself, shunning all differences. At first, such a self-love can seem ideal because it is without fear and without risk.
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