By Cecile (Femmes Fatales)
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (535 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1558618058 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Perceptive and Poetic I picked up this book, excited to get a glimpse into the lesbian pulp scene of the mid-1900s. I expected campy - a lot of campy. But I got something much more thoughtful than I anticipated.From Tereska Torres, considered the first lesbian pulp writer, comes the story of Cécile. Torres sets
"Madame Torres has re-imagined a youthful Colette (here called Cecile) in the infinitely seductive post-World War II period in Paris, where she moves like a sleeping princess through the perverse fairy tales of man-made cafe society. By Cecile is a sharply perceptive novel."—Joan Schenkar, author of The Talented Miss Highsmith
He introduces her to nightclubs, intellectuals, artists (Jean Cocteau, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Eartha Kitt!), and non-monogamy. Enjoy the series: Bedelia; Bunny Lake Is Missing; By Cecile; The G-String Murders; The Girls in 3-B; Laura; The Man Who Loved His Wife; Mother Finds a Body; Now, Voyager; Return to Lesbos; Skyscraper; Stranger on Lesbos; Stella Dallas; Women's Barracks.. By Cecile depicts post-World War II France as it reels from war and recovery. When she falls for his mistress, she begins to live a life she deems worthy of writing about but only under the pseudonym of her husband.Femmes Fatales restores to print the best of women’s writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. In Paris, an orphan girl, Cecile, finds refuge with an older man. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens