In these two superb stories of the politics of love, Colette is at her witty, instinctive best. Gigi is being educated in the skills of the courtesan: to choose cigars, to eat lobster, to enter a world where a woman’s chief weapon is her body. However when it comes to the question of Gaston Lachaille, very rich and very bored, Gigi does not want to obey the rules. In The Cat, a wonderful story of burgeoning sexuality and blossoming love, an exquisite strong-minded Russian Blue is struggling for mastery of Alain with his seductive fiancée, Camille.
Colette’s writing runs to fifteen volumes: novels, portraits, essays, chroniques and a large body of autobiographical prose. She was the first woman President of the Académie Goncourt. Expect rich and supple prose, with sensuous detail and sharp psychological insights.
“Look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you”.
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