{"product_id":"by-cecile-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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558618053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Tereska Torres","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38018148630709,"sku":"9781558618053","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_871677fb-a561-4515-99df-93b5257dd901.jpg?v=1609168604","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/by-cecile-9781558618053","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}