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Sep. 8th, 2010 10:25 amCreating Colette: From Ingenue to Libertine 1873-1913 and Creating Colette: From Baroness to Woman of Letters, 1912-1954, Claude Francis and Fernande Gontier.
(I'm going to review both volumes as if they were one book.)
Colette was one of my heroines when I was in my 20s. I read The Vagabond, her autobiographical novel of music hall life, and identified with it, which was mostly wishful thinking. I even started an embroidery of a quote from it: "Two habits have taught me to hold back my tears: that of concealing my thoughts, and of darkening my lashes with mascara." Anybody who knows me well will laugh and laugh at the idea of me concealing my thoughts.
This biography of Colette claims that it's the first to reexamine her life and clear up the facts behind the image she created of herself.
( Read more... )
(I'm going to review both volumes as if they were one book.)
Colette was one of my heroines when I was in my 20s. I read The Vagabond, her autobiographical novel of music hall life, and identified with it, which was mostly wishful thinking. I even started an embroidery of a quote from it: "Two habits have taught me to hold back my tears: that of concealing my thoughts, and of darkening my lashes with mascara." Anybody who knows me well will laugh and laugh at the idea of me concealing my thoughts.
This biography of Colette claims that it's the first to reexamine her life and clear up the facts behind the image she created of herself.
( Read more... )
