| Break of Day Contributor(s): Colette (Author), Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle (Author), McLeod, Enid (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0374528322 ISBN-13: 9780374528324 Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2002 Annotation: Colette began writing "Break of Day" in her early fifties, at Saint-Tropez on the Cote d'Azur, where she had bought a small house after the breakup of her second marriage. The novel's theme -- the renunciation of love and the return to an independent existence supported and enriched by the beauty and peace of nature -- grows out of Colette's own period of self-assessment in the middle of her life. A collection of subtle reflections about love and life, it is among her most thoughtful and stylistically bold works. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001054459 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.24" W x 8.86" (0.49 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Colette began writing Break of Day in her early fifties, at Saint-Tropez on the C te d'Azur, where she had bought a small house after the breakup of her second marriage. The novel's theme--the renunciation of love and the return to an independent existence supported and enriched by the beauty and peace of nature--grows out of Colette's own period of self-assessment in the middle of her life. A collection of subtle reflections about love and life, it is among her most thoughtful and stylistically bold works. |
Contributor Bio(s): 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. |