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PlayBook Launch: The Pure and the Impure by Colette translated by Rachel Careau in conversation with Jeffrey Lependorf
July 7 at 7pm
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Colette called it her best work, and it's finally getting the English translation it deserves. This launch celebrates a sensual, queer classic exploring the sexual underworld of Belle Époque Paris through vivid portraits of cross-dressing lovers, sapphic poets, and the author's own paramours.
Literary book launch
LGBTQ+ literature
Belle Époque history
Translation celebration
Tips
📚"I believe it to be my best book." — Colette
✍️"brilliantly ingenious" — Lydia Davis on the translation
Tuesday, July 7, 7:00 PM
Book Launch: The Pure and the Impure by Colette translated by Rachel Careau in conversation with Jeffrey Lependorf
July 7 at 7pm
Dumbo
PlayPlayColette called it her best work, and it's finally getting the English translation it deserves. This launch celebrates a sensual, queer classic exploring the sexual underworld of Belle Époque Paris through vivid portraits of cross-dressing lovers, sapphic poets, and the author's own paramours.
Literary book launch
LGBTQ+ literature
Belle Époque history
Translation celebration
Tips
📚"I believe it to be my best book." — Colette
✍️"brilliantly ingenious" — Lydia Davis on the translation
Tuesday, July 7, 7:00 PM
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