Break of Day

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Break of Day
Author Colette
Original titleLa Naissance du jour
Translator Enid McLeod
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Publisher Flammarion
Publication date
1928
Published in English
1961
Pages245

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]

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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]

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References

  1. "La Naissance du jour". AlloCiné (in French). Tiger Global . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  2. Marks, Elaine (1961-11-26). "A Pink Cactus Is About to Bloom". The New York Times . Retrieved 2012-02-15.