A “lyrical, impassioned” document of the intimate relationship between the two authors that was first disclosed in Henry and June (Booklist).
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This exchange of letters between the two controversial writers—Anaïs Nin, renowned for her candid and personal diaries, and Henry Miller, author of Tropic of Cancer—paints a portrait of more than two decades in their complex relationship as it moves through periods of passion, friendship, estrangement, and reconciliation.
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“The letters may disturb some with their intimacy, but they will impress others with their fragrant expression of devotion to art.” —Booklist
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“A portrait of Miller and Nin more rounded than any previously provided by critics, friends, and biographers.” —Chicago Tribune
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Edited and with an introduction by Gunther Stuhlmann