The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1920–1923

The diarist’s account of her life in the early 1920s explores “the conflict she felt between artistic longings and her pre-ordained female fate” ( The Detroit News ).   Continuing the journey of self-education and self-discovery she began in Linotte , Anaïs Nin discloses a part of her life that had previously remained private. She discusses the period in which she met Hugo Guiler, the young man who later became her husband, and made the wrenching transition from the shelter of her family to