Book review: The empress of the senses Secrets of the Flesh: a life of Colette by Judith Thurman Bloomsbury, pounds 25, 624pp Posted: Mar 27, 2008 10:10:44
Colette (1873-1954) is a writer beloved of other writers for the ... Virginia Woolf - to name just a few - belong in this gang. Colette, bursting out of the misogyny of the Belle Epoque, in France, belongs with them. Colette's life, like her art, was deeply transgressive. She invented ...
