Colette

La Chatte is a short novel by French writer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Released in 1933, the book tells of a love triangle involving Camille Malmert, her husband Alain Amparat and his Chartreux cat Saha. Camille loves Alain, but Alain loves his cat, whom he has had from childhood, more than he could love any woman. …

Colette began writing Break of Day in her early fifties, at Saint-Tropez on the Côte d'Azur, where she had bought a small house after the breakup of her second marriage. The novel's theme--the renunciation of love and the return to an independent existence supported and enriched by the beauty and peace of …

Gigi er en roman fra 1944 af den franske forfatter Colette. Handlingen fokuserer på en ung parisisk pige, der bliver oplært som kurtisane, og hendes forhold til en velhavende kultiverede mand, der opdager, at han er forelsket i hende og til sidst gifter sig med hende. Romanen har også dannet grundlag for et …