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Colette is a kind of corsetiere of love. This most French of all French writers tells us how love sometimes binds and keeps a woman from breathing freely or how it may shape and support her and help her to be beautiful . . . One thinks of her as the female voice of Paris . . . It's as if all the house fronts of Paris were cut away and we could see men and women talking, dressing, brooding, loving. "Anatole Broyard, The New York Times"
This large collection of her stories allows us to share her exhilaration and to sample the pleasure of her prose . . . no other woman seems to have had as much lived experience to draw upon or as much sexual sophistication . . . The voice of worldly feminine wisdom runs through her stories. "Phyllis Rose, The New York Times Book Review"
Like a table spread with the fruit and wine she celebrated in her books: 'Late-ripening cherries, rosy peaches, thin-skinned Marseilles figs, misty hot-house grapes and champagne shuddering in carafes of heavy crystal.' A sumptuous display. "Patricia Blake, Time""
"Colette is a kind of corsetiere of love. This most French of all French writers tells us how love sometimes binds and keeps a woman from breathing freely or how it may shape and support her and help her to be beautiful . . . One thinks of her as the female voice of Paris . . . It's as if all the house fronts of Paris were cut away and we could see men and women talking, dressing, brooding, loving." --Anatole Broyard, The New York Times
"This large collection of her stories allows us to share her exhilaration and to sample the pleasure of her prose . . . no other woman seems to have had as much lived experience to draw upon or as much sexual sophistication . . . The voice of worldly feminine wisdom runs through her stories." --Phyllis Rose, The New York Times Book Review
"Like a table spread with the fruit and wine she celebrated in her books: 'Late-ripening cherries, rosy peaches, thin-skinned Marseilles figs, misty hot-house grapes and champagne shuddering in carafes of heavy crystal.' A sumptuous display." --Patricia Blake, Time
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR002307440
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001966781
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Printing.D/W price-clipped,lightly shelf-worn,mark bottom edge of front,some creasing along top edge of back.Book purple boards,black spine,some marks on bottom of front ,states 'Farrer.Straus.Giroux' at bottom of title page, contents very clean. Seller Inventory # 019906
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Ripped/damaged jacket. The dust jacket of this book is slightly damaged/ripped, however, this does not affect the internal condition. Seller Inventory # CHL8800411
Book Description Hardcover. Dust jacket has some wear. In my. Seller Inventory # Q1-620w
Book Description Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN:0436105012. Seller Inventory # 9649693
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition for this collection, edited and with an introduction by Robert Phelps. All in VG, clean and bright internal order. Smart pale brown boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). xvii, 605pp. Seller Inventory # 104103
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Publisher - Secker & Warburg, London, 1984. Edited and with an introduction by Robert Phelps. Translated by Matthew Ward, Antonia White, Anne-Marie Callimachi, and others. Very good condition. Gift inscription to ffep. Unclipped jacket near fine with minimal shelf wear. Seller Inventory # ABE-1661865949597
Book Description Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG DJ. Ed. and introduction by Robert Phelps, trans. Matthew Ward et al. Inscription inside by Alexander Faris, conductor and composer of, among other pieces, the music to Upstairs, Downstairs, reads: "Alexander Faris, London, August 1984". DJ slightly faded. Seller Inventory # 22587