Break of Day
1928 book by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
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Break of Day (French: La Naissance du jour) is a 1928 novel by the French writer Colette. It was adapted into a 1980 film directed by Jacques Demy.[1]
Title page for La Naissance du jour (1928) | |
| Author | Colette |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Naissance du jour |
| Translator | Enid McLeod |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Flammarion |
Publication date | 1928 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1961 |
| Pages | 245 |
Reception
Elaine Marks reviewed the book for The New York Times in 1961: "It may well be that, for some, Colette's Break of Day will appear to be a slightly precious treatise on the themes of nature and love. For others, it may well be a source of strength, a poetic, that is to say a rhythmical, response to the difficulties of growing old and dying, written by a woman who grew old and who died with comparable dignity and grace."[2]
Bibliography
- Title: Break of Day
- Author Colette
- Editor: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1961
- Pages Nº: 143 p.
