{"product_id":"by-cecile-9781558618053","title":"By Cecile","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tereska Torraes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\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 Cécile 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 Cécile'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 Cécile to shed her inhibitions he sees as bourgeois. Possessing a sensual and passionate temperament, Cécile 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 Torrès \"scandalized mid-century America\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e). In \u003cem\u003eBy Cécile\u003c\/em\u003e, written in 1963, \"Madame Torres has re-imagined a youthful Colette (here called Cécile) 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","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082733117591,"sku":"9781558618053","price":679.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781558618053.webp?v=1767263377","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/by-cecile-9781558618053","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}