- ISBN: 9780486415994 | 0486415996
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/13/2001
Widely considered the author's best work, this story of a love affair between Lea, a still-beautiful 49-year-old ex-courtesan, and Cheri, a handsome but selfish young man 30 years her junior, is a superb study of age and sexuality. While the theme of a young man who deserts his older mistress is a familiar one, in this novel, Colette makes it her own. Introduction, Notes, and new English translation by Stanley Appelbaum.