{"product_id":"claudine-married-9780099422495","title":"Claudine Married","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\u003eThe third book in Colette''s enchanting \u003ci\u003eClaudine\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the excitement of a shared life in Paris, Claudine''s marriage to Renaud has settled into a stale pattern of bickering conversations and mutual inattention. Just as Claudine begins to fear herself confined to a stifled existence, a chance meeting with a friend''s wife, the beautiful Rezi, draws her into an impassioned and heartbreaking affair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eClaudine Married\u003c\/i\u003e Claudine pits her uniquely sensuous spirit against the challenges of married life and the conflicts of forbidden love in one of Colette''s most moving and powerful novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer prose is rich, flawless, intricate, audacious and utterly beautiful -- Raymond Mortimer, Vogue\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\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\u003eHer sensual prose style made her one of the great writers of twentieth-century France -- New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003eA perfectionist in her every word -- Spectator","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017513501015,"sku":"9780099422495","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099422495.jpg?v=1750773797","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/claudine-married-9780099422495","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}