Children of the Albatross is divided into two sections: "The Sealed Room" focuses on the dancer Djuna and a set of characters, chiefly male, who surround her; "The Caf"̌ brings together a cast of characters already familiar to Nin's readers, but it is their meeting place that is …
Emma Blaxland-Hunter, a prima ballerina from London, must re-evaluate her life after doctors declare her knee unfit for dancing. At the behest of her mother, Emma returns home to Sydney, where she discovers her affluent and loving grandmother, Beattie Blaxland, has left her an i…
"Djuna, living on a leaky houseboat on the Seine, is mistress to Rango, a feckless Guatemalan nightclub musician. Rango's volatile personality and bohemian outlook ensure that the dreams Djuna awakes in him will never come to anything. For her part, the self-sacrificing Djuna is…
