A review by sarahhahmad
Seduction of the Minotaur by Anaïs Nin

5.0

This was a spectacular conclusion to the Cities of The Interior series. Throughout the course of the series, as the women of the series detach from their male counterparts and infatuations, they begin to find themselves. During a time when women very much see themselves as an extension of or pertaining to man, this book was revolutionary in the revelation that women themselves play a unique role in the universe, and the searching for self in this book was powerful and poetic. Nin is an incredible writer, and I am so happy to have read this book. Nin explores the fluidity of gender and sexuality in such an amorphous and beautiful way, and in this last book especially, I liked the respect with which Nin captures Mexico, in direct contrast to the rigidity and nuclearity of the Occident. Here is my favorite quote: "Out of the full beauty of the tropical night, the full moon, the full bloom of the stars, the full velvet of the night, a full woman might be born. No more scattered fragments of herself living separate cellular lives, living at times in the temporary homes of others' lives."