{"product_id":"by-cecile-paperback","title":"By Cecile - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTereska Torres\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA coming of age novel set in post-war France by an author who \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003elaunched the modern genre of the lesbian paperback\" (Susan Stryker, author of \u003cem\u003eQueer Pulp\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen eighteen-year-old C cile is orphaned at the end of World War II, the curious and adventurous Catholic student finds refuge in Paris, and with an older man. A former member of the Resistance with C cile's parents, Maurice is handsome, a thrilling cultured patron of the arts, and a mentor eager to introduce the budding young author to his intimate circle of friends--Cocteau, Sartre, and Eartha Kitt  As liberating an influence as he is, Maurice also encourages C cile to shed her inhibitions he sees as bourgeois. Possessing a sensual and passionate temperament, C cile is eager to begin exploring--by sharing Maurice's mistress, and writing of every life-changing and delightfully scandalous new experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCredited with penning the first, candidly lesbian novel--\u003cem\u003eWomen's Barracks, \u003c\/em\u003e in 1950--Tereska Torr s \"scandalized mid-century America\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e). In \u003cem\u003eBy C cile\u003c\/em\u003e, written in 1963, \"Madame Torres has re-imagined a youthful Colette (here called C cile) 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.  It's] a sharply perceptive novel\" (Joan Schenkar, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Talented Miss Highsmith).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTereska Torres\u003c\/b\u003e (1923-2012) escaped Nazi-occupied France in 1940 and became a secretary to Free French leader Charles DeGaulle in London. Over her long career, she wrote some 20 books (novels and memoirs), with translations published here by Knopf, Dell, Simon and Schuster. Torres married the American literary figure Meyer Levin during the war; he would later translate many of her novels. Torres continued to live and write in France until her death at age 92.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.4 x 4.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771593916704,"sku":"9781558618053","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/93a6cf34cff10560fbe8745f6bd66e74.webp?v=1780389078","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/by-cecile-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}