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A review by ivostarr
Gigi and The Cat by Colette
4.0
If you don't know Colette, you should. I adored these two short novels.
Gigi is best known in film form. And, of course, the story is actually quite different as crafted by Colette.
Between the two stories, I probably enjoyed The Cat the most. Colette writes women beautifully and her female characters usually take center stage. In this story, two dominant women compete for the affections of Alain. It's just that one of the ladies in this story is a charming Russian Blue cat named Saha.
Colette spent a large portion of her life in Paris involved in all different sorts of art forms--literature, film, theatre, etc. However, she was born in a small town outside of Paris where her mother cultivated in her a strong love of nature and animals. When Colette writes about nature, I find the writing similar to American writers like Emerson or thorough, because she reveals an intimate knowledge of environment and is able to transport you there.
And, Colette writes Saha and reveals her deep love of the nature of the cat. Colette loves a sense of wildness in her female characters, and the way she brings this out of a cat versus a woman is delightful.
Gigi is best known in film form. And, of course, the story is actually quite different as crafted by Colette.
Between the two stories, I probably enjoyed The Cat the most. Colette writes women beautifully and her female characters usually take center stage. In this story, two dominant women compete for the affections of Alain. It's just that one of the ladies in this story is a charming Russian Blue cat named Saha.
Colette spent a large portion of her life in Paris involved in all different sorts of art forms--literature, film, theatre, etc. However, she was born in a small town outside of Paris where her mother cultivated in her a strong love of nature and animals. When Colette writes about nature, I find the writing similar to American writers like Emerson or thorough, because she reveals an intimate knowledge of environment and is able to transport you there.
And, Colette writes Saha and reveals her deep love of the nature of the cat. Colette loves a sense of wildness in her female characters, and the way she brings this out of a cat versus a woman is delightful.