Years before I ever picked up any of their books, I was fascinated by the idea of the 'Lost Generation' of American writers in Paris between the World Wars; now that I've actually read The Great Gatsby, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms and even a couple of Anaïs Nin's books (Gertrude Stein's going to have to wait, though), I felt I couldn't pass up the chance to hear this UK premiere of the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen's piece inspired by Nin's relationships with several of her many lovers from that time—among them her father.