Download or read book The Collected Stories Of Colette written by Colette and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited and with an introduction by Robert PhelpsThe hundred short stories collected here include such masterpieces as 'Bella-Vista', 'The Tender Shoot' and 'Le K-pi', Colette's subtle and ruthless rendering of a woman's belated sexual awakening. Shot through with the colours and flavours of the Parisian world and fertile French countryside, these short stories reverberate with the fine-spun desire, wit and psychological acuity that made Colette unique.