I also felt that White Stains was directed to a male audience more than a female one, which disappointed me after Delta of Venus's abiguity. White Stains was also much less daring and provocative than Nin's other work.

This is certainly a quality work of erotica, just not up to snuff compared to Nin's other sexy tales.


Luscious lovers   June 23, 2000
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Anais Nin's erotica is legendary. I heard rumours of it long before I ever got my hands on a copy of this difficult-to-find book. When I finally did, I found myself entranced--both by her words and those of her friends, who wrote and assembled these fierce and delicate works for a private collector. This is, simply put, a beautiful book--erotic and often blunt, but never caught in the common web of sexual guilt and shame. It's a stunning work, and well worth owning.


Vintage Erotica at its Best   August 17, 2001
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

If you love to read the prose style of popular books in the earlier part of the 20th Century, you'll especially enjoy being in the middle of these naughty scenarios with full on sexual and hot writing, yet find it quaint and old timey all at once. Delicious! Fun! Take a bubble bath and gobble it up, page after page.