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Judith Thurman
"A collection of essays from Judith Thurman, a writer 'blessed with intellectual curiosity, a sharp wit and unwillingness to receive opinions' (The New York Times)"--
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The National Book Award-winning biographer of Isak Dinesen now turns her attention to Colette, one of France’s greatest and most notorious novelists and personalities. Colette is a genuine cult figure…
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Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette arrived in Paris around 1900 as the provincial child bride of a notorious rake and brilliant literary impressario, Willy, who signed her novels, the Claudines , as his…
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Judith Thurman’s brilliant, National Book Award-winning biography of Isak Dinesen–now with a new foreword by the author
A brilliant literary portrait, Isak Dinesen remains the only comprehensive biography of one…
WINNER OF THE 2023 PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY
A collection of essays from Judith Thurman, the National Book Award-winning biographer and New Yorker staff writer.
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This exuberant gathering of essays and profiles represents 20 years of Thurmans celebrated writing, particularly her fascination with human vanity, femininity, and womens work–from haute couture to literature to commanding…
Colette
Two volumes of Colette’s most beloved works, with a new Introduction by Judith Thurman.
Cheri, together with The Last of Cheri, is a classic story of a love affair between…
Colette herself considered The Pure and the Impure her best book, the nearest I shall ever come to writing an autobiography. This guided tour of the erotic netherworld with which…
The stories that inspired the film Colette, directed by Wash Westmoreland and starring Keira Knightley.
Colette, prodded by her first husband, Willy, began her writing career with Claudine at School…
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Perhaps Colette’s best-known work, Gigi is the story of a young girl being raised in a…
Guy Davenport,Judith Thurman
In his 1989 book on Balthus-the storied and controversial artist who worked in Paris throughout the twentieth century-Guy Davenport gives one of the most nuanced, literary, and compelling readings of…
