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GOUDEKET, Maurice. Close to Colette: An Intimate Portrait of a Woman of Genius. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.First edition. With an Introduction by Harold Nicolson. Dust jacket design by Milton Glaser.
In this beautifully written book, Colette comes wonderfully alive - a woman as fascinating and courageous as any of the heroines of her famous novels. Maurice Goudeket met Colette in 1925, and they remained inseparable until the day of her death, thirty years later.
The appeal of this book is enhanced by the dust jacket designed by Milton Glaser, portraying Colette with her collection of antique paperweights. An unforgettable account of Colette and her wonderful paperweights was provided by Truman Capote, who as a young writer went to visit the Grande Mademoiselle of French letters in 1948. Capote was received by a bedridden Colette, 'her hair a kinky spray', and her catlike kohl-rimmed eyes 'liquid with life, with kindness, with malice'. All around the bedroom were hundreds of marvellous… Read More