Duo : roman [WorldCat Entities]

"Lors d'un séjour à la campagne, Michel découvre la liaison que sa femme adorée, Alice, a eu avec le séduisant Ambrogio. Rongé par la jalousie, il est aussi partagé entre la colère et le chagrin. Pour endiguer la crise, Alice voudrait lui faire comprendre les nuances de l'amour."
"In Duo, Colette observes, with astuteness and perception, two characters whose marriage is foundering on the wife's infidelity. Acting out the crisis, Alice and Michel have the stage to themselves so that nothing is allowed to distract from the marital dialogue. Le Toutounier continues Alice's story after Michel's death and her move to Paris. There she and her two sisters live in a shabby, homely apartment. Fiercely independent, reticent, hard-working, needing men but showing little sign of loving them, they speak a private language and seek comfort in the indestructible sofa (toutounier) of their childhood."
"L'un des meilleurs romans (1934) de l'écrivain. La publicité originelle "Duo ou duel?" vaut encore pour cette histoire d'un couple qui fait naufrage."