- Henry and June
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name = Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
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author =Anaïs Nin
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language = English
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genre =Memoir ,Diary
publisher = Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
release_date =1986
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media_type = Print (Hardcover andPaperback )
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isbn = ISBN 978-0-15-140003-4
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followed_by =Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin (full title "Henry and June: From A Journal of Love: the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin (1931-1932)") is a
1986 book that is based upon material excerpted from the first volume ofAnaïs Nin 's published diaries, written between October 1931 and October 1932. This, the first of currently four volumes of unexpurgated diaries, concentrates on her passionate involvement with the writerHenry Miller and his wifeJune Miller .Plot summary
At the end of 1931, Nin finds herself bored with being a timid, faithful wife to her banker husband, Hugo Guiler. Upon meeting Miller, she begins an uninhibited sexual and emotional affair with him, which prompts an intellectual and sensual awakening.
Sequel
The book's sequel, "Incest", which was published in
1992 , continues Nin's odyssey of transgression and passion with detailed accounts of her simultaneous affairs with her analysts, Otto Rank and Rene Allendy, with Henry Miller andAntonin Artaud , as well as her incestuous seduction of her father and of her male and female cousins.Adaptations
The book was later filmed as "
Henry & June ", withFred Ward as Miller,Uma Thurman as June, andMaria de Medeiros as Anaïs Nin. The movie, released in1990 , is notable as the first film to be released in theUnited States with anNC-17 rating.
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