Author: Colette
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Personal reminiscences.
My Mother's House and Sido
Author: Colette
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Personal reminiscences.
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Personal reminiscences.
My Mother's House and Sido
Author: Colette
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374528330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
In My Mother's House and Sido, Colette plays fictional variations on the themes of childhood, family, and, above all, her mother. Vividly alive, fond of cities, music, theater, and books, Sido devoted herself to her village, Saint-Saveur; to her garden, with its inhabitants and its animals; and, especially, to her children, particularly her youngest, whom she called Minet-Chéri. Unlike Gigi and Chéri, which focus largely on sexual love and its repercussions, My Mother's House and Sido center on the compelling figure of a powerful, nurturing woman in late-nineteenth-century rural France, conveying the impact she had on her community and on her daughter—who grew up to be a great writer.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374528330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
In My Mother's House and Sido, Colette plays fictional variations on the themes of childhood, family, and, above all, her mother. Vividly alive, fond of cities, music, theater, and books, Sido devoted herself to her village, Saint-Saveur; to her garden, with its inhabitants and its animals; and, especially, to her children, particularly her youngest, whom she called Minet-Chéri. Unlike Gigi and Chéri, which focus largely on sexual love and its repercussions, My Mother's House and Sido center on the compelling figure of a powerful, nurturing woman in late-nineteenth-century rural France, conveying the impact she had on her community and on her daughter—who grew up to be a great writer.
My Mother's House
Author: Colette
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140183207
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
In "My Mother's House" and "Sido," Colette plays fictional variations on the themes of childhood, family, and, above all, her mother. Vividly alive, fond of cities, music, theater, and books, Sido devoted herself to her village, Saint-Saveur; to her garden, with its inhabitants and its animals; and, especially, to her children, particularly her youngest, whom she called Minet-Cheri. Unlike "Gigi" and "Cheri," which focus largely on sexual love and its repercussions, "My Mother's House" and "Sido "center on the compelling figure of a powerful, nurturing woman in late-nineteenth-century rural France, conveying the impact she had on her community and on her daughter -- who grew up to be a great writer.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140183207
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
In "My Mother's House" and "Sido," Colette plays fictional variations on the themes of childhood, family, and, above all, her mother. Vividly alive, fond of cities, music, theater, and books, Sido devoted herself to her village, Saint-Saveur; to her garden, with its inhabitants and its animals; and, especially, to her children, particularly her youngest, whom she called Minet-Cheri. Unlike "Gigi" and "Cheri," which focus largely on sexual love and its repercussions, "My Mother's House" and "Sido "center on the compelling figure of a powerful, nurturing woman in late-nineteenth-century rural France, conveying the impact she had on her community and on her daughter -- who grew up to be a great writer.
My mother's house, and Sido
Author: Colette
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 0
Book Description
Secrets of the Flesh
Author: Judith Thurman
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307789810
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
A scandalously talented stage performer, a practiced seductress of both men and women, and the flamboyant author of some of the greatest works of twentieth-century literature, Colette was our first true superstar. Now, in Judith Thurman's Secrets of the Flesh, Colette at last has a biography worthy of her dazzling reputation. Having spent her childhood in the shadow of an overpowering mother, Colette escaped at age twenty into a turbulent marriage with the sexy, unscrupulous Willy--a literary charlatan who took credit for her bestselling Claudine novels. Weary of Willy's sexual domination, Colette pursued an extremely public lesbian love affair with a niece of Napoleon's. At forty, she gave birth to a daughter who bored her, at forty-seven she seduced her teenage stepson, and in her seventies she flirted with the Nazi occupiers of Paris, even though her beloved third husband, a Jew, had been arrested by the Gestapo. And all the while, this incomparable woman poured forth a torrent of masterpieces, including Gigi, Sido, Cheri, and Break of Day. Judith Thurman, author of the National Book Award-winning biography of Isak Dinesen, portrays Colette as a thoroughly modern woman: frank in her desires, fierce in her passions, forever reinventing herself. Rich with delicious gossip and intimate revelations, shimmering with grace and intelligence, Secrets of the Flesh is one of the great biographies of our time. NOTE: This edition does not include a photo insert.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307789810
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
A scandalously talented stage performer, a practiced seductress of both men and women, and the flamboyant author of some of the greatest works of twentieth-century literature, Colette was our first true superstar. Now, in Judith Thurman's Secrets of the Flesh, Colette at last has a biography worthy of her dazzling reputation. Having spent her childhood in the shadow of an overpowering mother, Colette escaped at age twenty into a turbulent marriage with the sexy, unscrupulous Willy--a literary charlatan who took credit for her bestselling Claudine novels. Weary of Willy's sexual domination, Colette pursued an extremely public lesbian love affair with a niece of Napoleon's. At forty, she gave birth to a daughter who bored her, at forty-seven she seduced her teenage stepson, and in her seventies she flirted with the Nazi occupiers of Paris, even though her beloved third husband, a Jew, had been arrested by the Gestapo. And all the while, this incomparable woman poured forth a torrent of masterpieces, including Gigi, Sido, Cheri, and Break of Day. Judith Thurman, author of the National Book Award-winning biography of Isak Dinesen, portrays Colette as a thoroughly modern woman: frank in her desires, fierce in her passions, forever reinventing herself. Rich with delicious gossip and intimate revelations, shimmering with grace and intelligence, Secrets of the Flesh is one of the great biographies of our time. NOTE: This edition does not include a photo insert.
My Mother's House
Author: Colette
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, the Screenplay
Author: Charles McKeown
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557830418
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The complete screenplay and credits with dozens of photos from the 1998 film. "A carnival! A wonderland! A weekend with nine Friday nights! Terry Gilliam's lavish dreams are beyond those of mere mortals." - Harlan Ellison
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557830418
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The complete screenplay and credits with dozens of photos from the 1998 film. "A carnival! A wonderland! A weekend with nine Friday nights! Terry Gilliam's lavish dreams are beyond those of mere mortals." - Harlan Ellison
The Tree and the Vine
Author: Dola De Jong
Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN: 9781558611412
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A lesbian love story set during the Nazi occupation in Holland.
Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN: 9781558611412
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A lesbian love story set during the Nazi occupation in Holland.
Gigi
Author: Colette
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780146001130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780146001130
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Break of Day
Author: Colette
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907429132
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907429132
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description