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Jesica
Oct 12, 2010 rated it liked it
Colette's The Pure and the Impure is a meditation on sexuality/sexual relationships. It was an interesting read but there were times when I had trouble following the narrative, and that's why I refer to this book as a meditation. Many times I would have to go back and re-read several paragraphs in order to understand what or whom or who Colette was talking to. But I did gather a great quote, one that I can relate to:

"'I am neither that nor anything else, alas,' said La Chevaliere, dropping the v
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