{"product_id":"house-of-incest","title":"House of Incest","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Allison Pease, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eHouse of Incest\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical journey into the subconscious mind of one of the most celebrated feminist writers of the twentieth-century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1936, \u003ci\u003e House of Incest\u003c\/i\u003e  is Anaïs Nin's first work of fiction. Based on Nin's dreams, the novel is a surrealistic look within the narrator's subconscious as she attempts to distance herself from a series of all-consuming and often taboo desires she cannot bear to let go. The incest Nin depicts is a metaphor--a selfish love wherein a woman can appreciate only qualities in a lover that are similar to her own. Through a descriptive exploration of romances and attractions between women, between a sister and her beloved brother, and with a Christ-like man, Nin's narrator discovers what she thinks is truth: that a woman's most perfect love is of herself. At first, this self-love seems ideal because it is attainable without fear and risk of heartbreak. But in time, the narrator's chosen isolation and self-possessed anguish give way to a visceral nightmare from which she is unable to wake.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swallow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47953445519549,"sku":"BS-TC0-012263","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9780804012263-HD.jpg?v=1786060962","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/house-of-incest","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}