{"product_id":"my-mothers-house-paperback-1","title":"My Mother's House - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColette\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarol Mastrangelo Bové\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn updated translation of Colette's revolutionary 1922 autobiographical collection that contains six previously untranslated chapters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a much-needed new translation of Colette's classic \u003ci\u003eLa Maison de Claudine\u003c\/i\u003e. A careful re-reading of the text was long overdue, given Colette's evolution into one of the most admired French novelists in the modern world, the inadequacy of earlier translations, which omitted six significant chapters, and changes in contemporary attitudes on motherhood and sexual orientation. The controversial topic at the center of the novel, her passion for her mother Sido, animates her writing as a whole. As the BBC notes, \"The Most Beloved French writer of all time. . . . An icon in her native France, Colette's scandalous life and works still captivate readers 150 years on from her birth, writes John Self.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in the small town of Saint-Sauveur in Burgundy, Gabrielle-Sidonie Colette, known simply as \u003cb\u003eColette \u003c\/b\u003e(1873-1954), wrote provocative, personal, and experimental novels on the state of European women in modernity. Appreciated for its sensual and visceral qualities and its controversial themes of bisexuality and incestuous desire, along with a prose as inventive as Proust's, her work made a deep mark on modern art. \u003cb\u003eCarol Mastrangelo Bové\u003c\/b\u003e is teaching professor emerita in English and gender, sexuality, and women's studies at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as professor emerita from Westminster College. In addition to books on Julia Kristeva and on Colette, she has also authored several articles on major figures in world literature and film. Her other publications include translations of psychoanalytic and feminist literary criticism and theory, including that of Claude Richard on American classics, Serge Doubrovsky on Proust, and Hélène Cixous on James Joyce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.41 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67558107152633,"sku":"9780887487477","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1oHhT5gYtT9780887487477.webp?v=1793469051","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/my-mothers-house-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}