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.

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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