Description
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1964 and now reissued with a new introduction by Anita Jarczok,
Collages showcases Nin’s dreamlike, introspective style and psychological acuity. Seen by some as linked vignettes and some as a novel, the book is a mood piece that resists categorization.
Trade Review“A handful of perfectly told fables, and prose which is so daringly elaborate, so accurately timed… using words as magnificently colorful, evocative and imagist as any plastic combination or canvas but as mysteriously idiosyncratic as any abstract.” * Times Literary Supplement *
“Although it is called a novel,
(Collages) is really a chain, a sequence of storyportraits of people taken from real life, revolving around the central threading character of a young woman painter named Renate. The background is Los Angeles and its environs. Various pieces and shapes of characters are gracefully arranged, almost as if without any conscious sense of shape or pattern…. They are immensely compelling characters.” * New York Times Book Review *
“The book abounds in magical descriptions of a highly original and sensuous nature. The best of collages fall apart with time; these will not.’
