Apprenticed to Venus

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"I call this book a novoir--a memoir with true characters and actual dialogue, but with the structure and stylistic elements of a novel. It is my story and that of my mentor Anaïs Nin, intertwined as we were, based on her diaries, published and unpublished, and on mine. I have taken liberties with chronology, point of view, and dramatization of events, disguised a few identities, and used novelistic devices to quicken the narrative--but the emotional arc of my complex and intimate relationship with Anaïs is true, as is the story of her life."--Author's note.

subjects: Mentoring,  American Women authors,  Biography,  Nin, anais, 1903-1977,  Authors, american,  Authors, biography,  Rainer, Tristine,  Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977,  Women authors, American -- Biography,  Friends and associates,  American Authors,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary,  LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays

People: Tristine Rainer,  Anaïs Nin (1903-1977)