These linked novels have been rated among the finest of Colette's work. Duo is the story of Alice and Michel, whose marriage foundering due to Alice's infidelity, In Le Toutounier, Alice has moved to Paris after Michel's death. There she her two sisters live in a shabby apartment; fiercely independent, reticent, and hard-working, they speak a private language and seek comfort in the indestructible sofa (toutounier) of their childhood.
- ISBN10 0704338351
- ISBN13 9780704338357
- Publish Date 1 April 1979 (first published 22 January 1976)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 14 March 1991
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The Women's Press Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 234
- Language English