{"product_id":"collages","title":"Collages","description":"A transplant from Vienna to Malibu who is driven by her urge to observe and depict those around her, Renate is, as one of her friends describes her, \"the freest woman I know.\" Living in Malibu, working at the Paradise Inn restaurant, she encounters a series of people whose stories make up a larger collage: Henri the chef; Count Laundromat; Varda the artist and his teenage daughter, Nobuko the actress; the French Consul in the Hollywood Hills; an aged lifeguard with a spiritual longing for the sea; and Bruce, the intimate with an unnerving secret. First published in 1964 and now reissued with a new introduction by Anita Jarczok, Collages showcases Anaïs Nin's dreamlike and introspective style and psychological acuity. Seen by some as linked vignettes and by others as a novel, the book is a mood piece that resists categorization. Based on a close friend of Nin's, Renate is the glue that holds the pieces, by turn fragmentary and full, together. One character absorbs a lesson from the Koran: \"Nothing is ever finished.\" With each of Renate's successive encounters, we take that message to be true.","brand":"Swallow Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48515438379257,"sku":"9780804012249","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_cf16e2f6-2212-4589-91db-9d852c1bf983.jpg?v=1781207773","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/collages","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}