The Vagabond (Twentieth Century Classics S.) - Softcover

McLeod, Enid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140183256 ISBN 13: 9780140183252

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1990

Synopsis

After a shattering marriage and divorce, Renee Nere is supporting herself as a music-hall artist and confronting the conflicting passions of sex, love, and career. One of the best, most passionate, funniest, saddest, and richly romantic of the great Colette's novels. She's timeless and a must read!

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Review:

"The paradoxes of great literature are those of human nature, and Colette is nothing if not human . . . Accessible and elusive; greedy and austere; courageous and timid; subversive and complacent; scorchingly honest and sublimely mendacious; an inspired consoler and an existential pessimist--these are the qualities of the artist and the woman. Its is time to rediscover them." --From the Introduction
""The Vagabond," one of the first and best feminist novels ever written, is that rare thing: a great book which is also inspiring." --Erica Jong

The paradoxes of great literature are those of human nature, and Colette is nothing if not human . . . Accessible and elusive; greedy and austere; courageous and timid; subversive and complacent; scorchingly honest and sublimely mendacious; an inspired consoler and an existential pessimist--these are the qualities of the artist and the woman. Its is time to rediscover them. "From the Introduction"

"The Vagabond," one of the first and best feminist novels ever written, is that rare thing: a great book which is also inspiring. "Erica Jong""

"The paradoxes of great literature are those of human nature, and Colette is nothing if not human . . . Accessible and elusive; greedy and austere; courageous and timid; subversive and complacent; scorchingly honest and sublimely mendacious; an inspired consoler and an existential pessimist--these are the qualities of the artist and the woman. Its is time to rediscover them." --From the Introduction

"The Vagabond, one of the first and best feminist novels ever written, is that rare thing: a great book which is also inspiring." --Erica Jong

About the Author:

French author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954) is best known in the English-speaking world for Gigi, the basis for the Lerner and Lowe musical. Her 50 novels, noteworthy for their keen observations and clever dialogue, include both idyllic narratives and troubled tales of romance.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140183256
• ISBN 13: 9780140183252
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192