The Woman Behind the Mask (Gomai Classic)

This book selects 27 of Colette's short stories, most of which are about people's private emotions, including love, friendship, ambiguity or inexplicable feelings. The stories vary in length and intensity, from wistful laments about love to cold, surgeon-like dissections of the relationship between the sexes. The novel's protagonists include lovers, lonely people, free women, teenagers, spinsters and divorcees. Colette devotes her classic storytelling art to the missing lives of these characters, and brings a wise and profound understanding of human nature. As one of the greatest female authors of the 20th century, Colette presents women's love and marriage, their struggles and survival in society. With his delicate brushwork and astonishing frankness, the author depicts women's psychological activities, inner entanglements, and passionate desires, which is very vivid and realistic. The author accurately peels away the shells of women layer by layer, revealing their complex psychological struggles in emotional relationships. The escape from love relationships and the struggle from married life all point to a common direction: the pursuit of freedom and eternal realm... Its depth and modernity have profound thinking and enlightenment significance for contemporary women, especially.