These rich perceptions of Anais Nin will permit us to become further acquainted with one of the most enigmatic literary women of the twentieth century: She is the unconventional, distant aunt; the thoughtful friend; the owner of the strangely disarming voice; the author eager for attention yet hypersensitive to criticism; the generous advisor to a literary magazine; the adulteress; the beautiful septuagenarian; the recommender of books.