Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette
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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks
- Year
- 2000
- ISBN-13
- 9780747548430
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- French literatureColette's lifeGender and sexuality
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyWon(1999)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1999)
Other awarded books from Judith Thurman
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