{"product_id":"by-cecile-tereska-torres-9781558618053","title":"By Cecile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA coming of age novel set in post-war France by an author who \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003elaunched the modern genre of the lesbian paperback\" (Susan Stryker, author of \u003cem\u003eQueer Pulp\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen eighteen-year-old C cile is orphaned at the end of World War II, the curious and adventurous Catholic student finds refuge in Paris, and with an older man. A former member of the Resistance with C cile's parents, Maurice is handsome, a thrilling cultured patron of the arts, and a mentor eager to introduce the budding young author to his intimate circle of friends--Cocteau, Sartre, and Eartha Kitt  As liberating an influence as he is, Maurice also encourages C cile to shed her inhibitions he sees as bourgeois. Possessing a sensual and passionate temperament, C cile is eager to begin exploring--by sharing Maurice's mistress, and writing of every life-changing and delightfully scandalous new experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCredited with penning the first, candidly lesbian novel--\u003cem\u003eWomen's Barracks, \u003c\/em\u003e in 1950--Tereska Torr s \"scandalized mid-century America\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e). In \u003cem\u003eBy C cile\u003c\/em\u003e, written in 1963, \"Madame Torres has re-imagined a youthful Colette (here called C cile) in the infinitely seductive post-World War II period in Paris, where she moves like a sleeping princess through the perverse fairy tales of man-made cafe society.  It's] a sharply perceptive novel\" (Joan Schenkar, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Talented Miss Highsmith).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tereska Torres\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1558618058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558618053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Tereska Torres","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985136156927,"sku":"9781558618053","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_22612eb0-6e4c-4420-818f-aef99878ccae.jpg?v=1683275760","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/by-cecile-tereska-torres-9781558618053","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}