Edited and with an introduction by Robert PhelpsThe 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. Edited and with an introduction by Robert PhelpsThe 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.