Name: cheri,a dual-language book (in French)
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Author: Colette

portada cheri,a dual-language book (in French)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Colette

Illustrated by

Stanley Appelbaum

Publisher

Dover Publications

Language

French

Pages

205

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.3x13.7x1.5 cm

Weight

0.23 kg.

ISBN

0486415996

ISBN13

9780486415994

Synopsis "cheri,a dual-language book (in French)"

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), one of the most popular and best loved of modern French writers, became known simply as Colette when she married in 1893. Her husband, a Parisian man-about-town and the son of a major publisher, made use of her literary talents by publishing her first several novels under his own name -- his only changes, evidently, being to make them more prurient. But eventually she broke free of this unhappy marriage and took flight on her own, as a fiction writer, a journalist, and an actress. By the time Chéri was published in 1920, Colette had become well known both as a writer and as a personality and was entering a period of rich personal growth and happiness.Published when the author, like her heroine, was in her late 40s, Chéri is a delicate analysis of a May-December romance. The story of a love affair between Léa, a still-beautiful 49-year-old ex-courtesan, and Chéri, a handsome but selfish young man 30 years her junior, it offers a superb study of age and sexuality, written in a personal style that reveals the author's keen powers of observation. While the theme of a young man who deserts his older mistress is a familiar one, in this novel, Colette makes it her own. As Stanley Appelbaum notes, Colette's distinctive style, made up of swift, sure, almost impressionistic touches, and the skillful use of leitmotifs, enables her to create her own atmosphere and her own emotional universe.Widely considered the author's best work, the novel appears here in the original French with an excellent new English translation by Stanley Appelbaum on the facing pages. The translator also has provided an informative introduction to Colette and her work, and to this novel in particular.

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Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954) fue una célebre novelista francesa, pionera en la literatura femenina y figura rebelde del siglo XX. Nacida en Borgoña, se trasladó a París tras casarse con "Willy", quien la presionó para escribir la exitosa serie Claudine (1900), publicada bajo el seudónimo de él. Tras divorciarse y trabajar como actriz de music-hall, consolidó su propia voz con obras centradas en el deseo, la sensualidad y la naturaleza, como La vagabunda, Chéri y Gigi.Colette desafió las convenciones sociales con su vida amorosa y su independencia. Su estilo destaca por una prosa sensorial, elegante y minuciosa, enfocada en la psicología femenina y la libertad personal. Fue la primera mujer en presidir la Academia Goncourt (1945), miembro de la Legión de Honor y la primera escritora francesa en recibir un funeral de Estado.

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