''Break of Day'' () is a 1928 novel by the French writer
Colette
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known as Colette or Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a Mime artist, mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaki ...
. It was adapted into a 1980 film directed by
Jacques Demy
Jacques Demy (; 5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, screenwriter and lyricist. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are celebrated ...
.
Reception
Elaine Marks reviewed the book for ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
'' 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."
Bibliography
*Title: ''Break of Day''
*Author
Colette
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known as Colette or Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a Mime artist, mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaki ...
*Editor: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1961
*Pages Nº: 143 p.
See also
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1928 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1928.
Events
*January
**The Soviet magazine ''Oktyabr (magazine), Oktyabr'' begins publishing Mikhail Sholokhov's novel ''And Quiet Flows the Don'' («Тихий ...
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20th-century French literature
20th-century French literature is literature written in French from 1900 to 1999. For literature made after 1999, see the article Contemporary French literature. Many of the developments in French literature in this period parallel changes in ...
References
External links
Full text of ' at HathiTrust Digital Library
1928 French novels
Novels by Colette
French novels adapted into films
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