The pure and the impure
Colette, 1873-19542000
Book
Review: "This guided tour of the erotic nether-world with which Colette was so intimately acquainted begins in the darkness and languor of a fashionable opium den, and continues as a series of unforgettable encounters with men and, especially, women whose lives have been improbably and yet permanently transfigured by the power of desire. Lucid and lyrical, The Pure and the Impure stands out as one of modern literature's subtlest reckonings not only with the varieties of sexual experience, but with the unlikely nature of love."--BOOK JACKET.
Main title:
The pure and the impure / Colette ; translated by Herma Briffault ; introduction by Judith Thurman.
Author:
Colette, 1873-1954, authorBriffault, Herma, translatorThurman, Judith, 1946-, author of introduction, etc
Work:
Imprint:
New York : New York Review of Books, 2000.©1995
Collation:
xviii, 184 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780940322486 (pbk)9780940322486 (paperback)
Dewey class:
843.912
Language:
EnglishFrench
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Subject:
BRN:
518047
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Library | Fiction Paperback | General C | AvailableRecently returned |