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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.

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."

Bibliography

• Title: Break of Day
• Author Colette
• Editor: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1961
• Pages Nº: 143 p.

See also

• 1928 in literature
• 20th-century French literature

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.

External links

• Full text of La Naissance du jour (in French) at HathiTrust Digital Library

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