Retreat From Love: Retreat From Love

by Colette

Overview

The final novel of the famous Claudine series, this book is filled with the luminous insights that mark Colette's later work. Retreat from Love tells of sexuality and love in a variety of forms. Translated and with an Introduction by Margaret Crosland.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156765886
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/11/1980
Series:	Harvest Book Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

ITALO CALVINO’s superb storytelling gifts earned him international renown and a reputation as “one of the world's best fabulists” (New York Times Book Review). He is the author of numerous works of fiction, as well as essays, criticism, and literary anthologies. Born in Cuba in 1923, Calvino was raised in Italy, where he lived most of his life. At the time of his death, in Siena in 1985, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer.