Translator Frederick A. Blossom Language French Published in English 1935 Adaptations Journey to Italy (1954) | Country France Publication date 12-31 October 1934 Originally published 31 October 1934 Page count 227 Published in english 1935 | |
Publisher Marianne
Ferenczi & fils Works by Colette Mitsou, La Chatte, Break of Day, The Last of Chéri, Chéri | ||
Duo is a 1934 novel by the French writer Colette. The story focuses on a married couple on vacation in southern France, who deal with the fact that the wife has been unfaithful. Roberto Rossellini's 1954 film Journey to Italy is loosely based on the novel, but uncredited due to rights issues.
Reception
Margaret Wallace of The New York Times wrote: "Duo is a small work and very fine. In comparison with Colette's previous novels it gives one- and this is odd, for nothing she has written has ever seemed shallow or immature- an impression of increased depth and maturity. It is altogether a cleaner and harder piece of writing than one has expected from Colette in the past. It is less mannered, ruthlessly stripped of anything decorative or ornamental, even of wit purely for wit's sake."