Edited and with an introduction by Robert Phelps The hundred short stories collected here include such masterpieces as 'Bella- Vista', 'The Tender Shoot' and 'Le K- pi', Colette's subtle and ruthless rendering of a woman's belated sexual awakening. Shot through with the colours and flavours of the Parisian world and fertile French countryside, these short stories reverberate with the fine- spun desire, wit and psychological acuity that made Colette unique.