![]() ![]() ![]() Chéri has been to the war, and is trying to fit in, live his married life, but is increasingly alienated from his wife, mother and the new, changed world. ![]() The Last of Chéri takes place after World War I. As they try to deal with the separation, they realize it meant more than they thought - but it was doomed as they were at different points in their lives and they must let go. They have long lived and loved together, but Chéri must get on with his young life, and must marry. Chéri describes the ending of the relationship between Léa, an older but still beautiful courtesan at the end of her sexual carreer, and Chéri, a young, supremely beautiful but shallow man. The two novels are separated by six years. An older woman can keep a beautiful boy as a lover Colette is not afraid to write about men as sex objects, possessed by their women. She tosses aside conventional mores - her women are courtesans, free to marry or not marry, they make and invest their own money, live their sexual lives as they want. She creates spaces full with sensations, sketches of people, closely observes their faces, movements, emotions, moods. ![]() Colette’s writing is intimate, sensual, absorbing, flowing. These two novellas were pure joy to read. ![]()
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