| Cheri and the Last of Cheri Contributor(s): Colette (Author), Senhouse, Roger (Translator), Thurman, Judith (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0374528012 ISBN-13: 9780374528010 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2001 Annotation: Two volumes of Colette's most beloved works, with a new Introduction by Judith Thurman. "Ché ri," together with "The Last of Ché ri," is a classic story of a love affair between a very young man and a charming older woman. The amour between Fred Peloux, the beautiful gigolo known as Ché ri, and the courtesan Lé a de Lonval tenderly depicts the devotion that stems from desire, and is an honest account of the most human preoccupations of youth and middle age. With compassionate insight Colette paints a full-length double portrait using an impressionistic style all her own. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001033698 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.65 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Two volumes of Colette's most beloved works, with a new Introduction by Judith Thurman. Ch ri, together with The Last of Ch ri, is a classic story of a love affair between a very young man and a charming older woman. The amour between Fred Peloux, the beautiful gigolo known as Ch ri, and the courtesan L a de Lonval tenderly depicts the devotion that stems from desire, and is an honest account of the most human preoccupations of youth and middle age. With compassionate insight Colette paints a full-length double portrait using an impressionistic style all her own. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thurman, Judith: - Judith Thurman is the author of Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller and Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette. A staff writer at The New Yorker, she lives in New York City.Colette: - Born in 1873 in France, Colette was the author of many acclaimed novels noted for their intimate style. Colette titles from FSG include Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, and Chance Acquaintances, The Complete Claudine, Chéri and The Last of Chéri, and The Complete Stories of Colette. She died in 1954. |