''Break of Day'' (french: La Naissance du jour) is a 1928 novel by the French writer

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. It was adapted into a 1980 film directed by

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Elaine Marks reviewed the book for ''

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'' in 1961: "It may well be that, for some, Colette's ''Break of Day'' will appear to be a slightly precious treatise on the themes of nature and love. For others, it may well be a source of strength, a poetic, that is to say a rhythmical, response to the difficulties of growing old and dying, written by a woman who grew old and who died with comparable dignity and grace."

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*Title: ''Break of Day'' *Author

*Editor: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1961 *Pages Nº: 143 p.

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1928 French novels Novels by Colette French novels adapted into films {{1920s-novel-stub

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