A Spy in the House of Love

Although Anaïs Nin found in her diaries a profound mode of self-creation and confession, she could not reveal this intimate record of her experiences during her lifetime. Instead, she turned to literary fiction, transforming her private writings into artfully crafted novels that explore female desire, identity, and emotional complexity.

A Spy in the House of Love is a classic of psychological and women’s fiction, centered on Sabina, a woman torn between her longing for artistic freedom, roma...