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Gigi and the Cat (Vintage Classics)
Colette
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Description for Gigi and the Cat (Vintage Classics)
Paperback. Gigi's days are filled with cigars, lobster, lace and superstitions: the education of a future courtesan. Bored and unconvinced by what she's taught, Gigi surprises all with her approach to love. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
The famous tale by the trailblazing subject of major new film Colette
GIGI TRANSLATED BY ROGER SENHOUSE, THE CAT TRANSLATED BY ANTONIA WHITE
Gigi’s days are filled with cigars, lobster, lace and superstitions: the education of a future courtesan. Bored and unconvinced by what she’s taught, Gigi surprises all with her approach to love. In this classic turn-of-the-century novella, Colette unveils Gigi’s journey into womanhood in rich and supple prose.
This edition includes The Cat translated by Antonia White.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099422754
SKU
V9780099422754
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About Colette
Colette, the creator of Claudine, Cheri and Gigi, and one of France’s outstanding writers, had a long, varied and active life. She was born in Burgundy on 1873 into a home overflowing with dogs, cats and children, and educated at the local village school. At the age of twenty she moved to Paris with her first husband, the notorious writer ... Read more
Reviews for Gigi and the Cat (Vintage Classics)
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 ... Read more