Review: April Bernard, Colette‘s World and Ours

Jan 03, 2024

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A pair of novels by Colette, in two new (and strikingly similar) translations, has arrived to bring us her world—as far away and foreign as an alien planet, yet close enough to nudge its way into our dreams.

Pearls that are heavy, and real; other, lighter, pearls that are fake; a dressing gown the color of marigolds; accounts of incomes and savings and r…

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