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Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette

Judith Thurman

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#236 of 3,809 books · #116 in Biography & Memoir

Won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography (1999). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 2 other awards.

This biography charts the extraordinary life of Sidonie-Gabrielle Collette, often seen as the first modern woman and lesbian icon of the 20th-century. From her arrival in Paris as a child bride, she became a best selling French novelist before launching a flamboyant stage career.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Paperbacks
ISBN-13
9780747548430
Topics
French literatureColette's lifeGender and sexuality

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