My Mother's House and Sido

Colette

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In My Mother's House and Sido, Colette plays fictional variations on the themes of childhood, family, and, above all, her mother. Vividly alive, fond of cities, music, theater, and books, Sido devoted herself to her village, Saint-Saveur; to her garden, with its inhabitants and its animals; and, especially, to her children, particularly her youngest, whom she called Minet-Chéri. Unlike Gigi and Chéri, which focus largely on sexual love and its repercussions, My Mother's House and Sido center on the compelling figure of a powerful, nurturing woman in late-nineteenth-century rural France, conveying the impact she had on her community and on her daughter--who grew up to be a great writer.

Book Details

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publish Date: Jun 20th, 2002
Pages: 248
Language: English
Edition: undefined - 0002
Dimensions: 8.34in - 5.86in - 0.61in - 0.72lb
EAN: 9780374528331
Categories: • Literary• World Literature - France - 20th Century

About the Author

Colette: - Born in 1873 in France, Colette was the author of many acclaimed novels noted for their intimate style. Colette titles from FSG include Gigi, Julie de Carneilhan, and Chance Acquaintances, The Complete Claudine, Chéri and The Last of Chéri, and The Complete Stories of Colette. She died in 1954.

Praise for this book

"Containing two separate memoirs, of two separate journeys made by Colette back into the flowering garden of her childhood world, this little volume is invested with the distillation of experience: gravity, tenderness, delight, a trace of longing, a trace of melancholy and devoted tranquil love." - The New York Times