Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette (BBC Radio 4 Books)

Rating:
Summary: I got lost in this book
Review: Reading this book I found myself lost among the outrageous, glamorous and exotic characters Colette lived among, including, of course herself. It was such a different world! For that alone I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in a 'meaty read'. ie it's not for someone who wants to just skim the pages lightly, you've got to commit. I found it highly readable and it lead me on, page by page, quite effortlessly right through to the end.

For a fan of Colette's work I thought the book did an admirable job of setting her works in the context of her life without taking any of their magic away - as so many author biographers are wont to do.

I found it a bit predictable that her life could be plotted so closely against her novels - this is always a biographers dream - but perhaps in Colette's case it's true.....