Chéri
Subtitle: and, The last of Chéri
By: Colette ; translated from the French by Roger Senhouse ; introduction by Judith Thurman.
Contributors: Senhouse, Roger.; Colette, 1873-1954.
Edition: 2nd Farrar, Strauss and Giroux paperback ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Middle-aged women -- Fiction.; Young men -- Fiction.; France -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Chéri ; and, The last of Chéri; Last of Chéri.
Description: "Cheri, together with The Last of Cheri, is a classic story of a love affair between a very young man and a charming older woman. In describing the relationship between Fred Peloux, the beautiful gigolo known as Cheri, and the courtesan Lea de Lonval, Colette tenderly depicts the devotion that stems from desire and provides an honest account of the most human preoccupations of youth and middle age. With compassionate insight she paints a full-length double portrait, using an impressionistic style all her own. In Cheri, Colette achieved a peak in her earthy, sensuous, and utterly individual art."--BOOK JACKET.