Name: gigi/julie de carneilhan/chance acquaintances,julie de carneilhan ; chance acquaintances
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Author: Colette
ISBN: 9780374527853

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gigi/julie de carneilhan/chance acquaintances,julie de carneilhan ; chance acquaintances

Type

Physical Book

Author

Colette

Introduction by

Judith Thurman

Translated by

Roger Senhouse

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.1x14x2.8 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN

0374527857

ISBN13

9780374527853

Synopsis "gigi/julie de carneilhan/chance acquaintances,julie de carneilhan ; chance acquaintances"

Two volumes of Colette's most beloved works, with a new Introduction by Judith Thurman. Perhaps Colette's best-known work, Gigi is the story of a young girl being raised in a household more concerned with success and money than with the desires of the heart. But Gigi is uninterested in the dishonest society life she observes all around her and remains exasperatingly Gigi. The tale of Gigi's success in spite of her anxious family is Colette at her liveliest and most entertaining. Written during the same period as Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, based on Colette's last years with her second husband, focuses on a contest of wills between Julie, an elegant woman of forty, and her ex-husband. Chance Acquaintances, a novella, involves an invalid wife, her philandering husband, and a music-hall dancer whose odd meeting at a French spa affects and indelibly marks each one of their lives.

Colette

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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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