{"product_id":"a-spy-in-the-house-of-love","title":"A Spy in the House of Love by Anaïs Nin","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA Spy in the House of Love by Anaïs Nin\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\" id=\"p-rc_05912a288edd7bb7-92\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-150\"\u003eIf the previous books you asked about are contemporary hits, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"61\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"61\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-150\"\u003eA Spy in the House of Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-150 citation-end-150\"\u003e (1954) by Anaïs Nin takes us into the realm of mid-century modernist, avant-garde literature.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-149 citation-end-149\"\u003eNin is famous for her raw, boundary-pushing explorations of female erotica, psychology, and liberation, and this novel is one of her finest achievements.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-148 citation-end-148\"\u003eIt is a deeply poetic, surrealist character study of a woman attempting to navigate her sexuality on the exact same terms that society historically only allowed for men.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\" id=\"p-rc_05912a288edd7bb7-94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-147\"\u003eThe novel follows \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"18\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-147\"\u003eSabina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-147 citation-end-147\"\u003e, a 30-year-old married actress living in New York City during the 1950s.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"4\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e To the outside world—and to her devoted, grounding husband \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"157\"\u003eAlan\u003c\/b\u003e—Sabina is a delicate, loving woman who frequently travels out of town for theatrical productions. \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-146 citation-end-146\"\u003eIn reality, Sabina's \"acting career\" is a cover story.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-145 citation-end-145\"\u003eShe uses her absences to plunge headfirst into a series of passionate, short-lived extramarital affairs.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"6\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" id=\"p-rc_05912a288edd7bb7-98\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-141\"\u003ePhilip:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-141 citation-end-141\"\u003e A handsome, arrogant European opera singer who treats sex like a performance.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"10\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-140\"\u003eWith him, Sabina gets to play the empowered, untouchable \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci 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