{"product_id":"claudine-and-annie-claudine-4-9780099422488","title":"Claudine And Annie Claudine 4","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE STORIES THAT INSPIRED THE FILM \u003ci\u003eCOLETTE\u003c\/i\u003e, out Jan 2019.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this final novel in Colette''s famous series it is Claudine''s friend Annie who tells the story in the form of a private diary. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaudine is happily settled with her adored husband Renaud, spending her time giving wide and worldly advice to despairing Annie, whose life with the boring and dominating Alain is set to dramatically change. With the help of Claudine, Annie takes steps to empower her own life, a life away from her husband.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough Colette''s intoxicating series of novels emerges a portrait of Claudine an intelligent, modern woman whose life is always honest, passionate and inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe has been compared to a 20th-century female Montaigne, and it is true that her books offer a manual on how to live fearlessly and joyfully – greedily alive to every sensation and experience * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThis most French of all French writers . . . One thinks of her as the female voice of Paris . . . It's as if all the house fronts of Paris were cut away and we could see men and women talking, dressing, brooding, loving -- New York Times\u003cbr\u003eEverything that Colette touched became human -- The Times\u003cbr\u003eA perfectionist in her every word -- Spectator\u003cbr\u003eHer sensual prose style made her one of the great writers of twentieth-century France - -- New York Times Book Review","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017513599319,"sku":"9780099422488","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099422488.jpg?v=1750773797","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/claudine-and-annie-claudine-4-9780099422488","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}