by Colette
“She is made for moderate emotions, ash-blonde sorrow.”
I read a lot of Colette when I was young – she seemed to be very popular with Auckland librarians of the time! But until I found this book in a local charity shop, I have been unsuccessful locating her works.
I liked this book without loving it. As another reviewer says, it feels very French. The translation by Elizabeth Tait & Roger Senhouse feels authentic and natural.
While I found Fanny & Jane’s alliance interesting, I never really cared about them. I certainly didn’t like Farou or his son.
Beautiful writing, but it didn’t touch me. This won’t stop me searching for Colette’s better known books.
Carol - She's So Novel! 
Hi Carol, great GR 2021 review BTW! I share your enthusiasm for Colette and have just discovered a fair few listed on the Biblio website by the Hard to Find Bookstore in Dunedin. I have a few of hers that I’m happy to lend also FWIW? I’ve just discovered her Claudine novels from Vintage in the Remaindered bin at a local Whitcoulls but am missing Claudine in Paris! I wonder if they might be possibly too YA though?
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That is so kind of you! But if I keep checking op shops, eventually I’ll find some more!
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