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 Anais 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.
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