Difficulty of Being

Name: Difficulty of Being
Author: Jean Cocteau

by Jean Cocteau

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A leader of the French avant-garde, Cocteau reflects on life, death, beauty and other subjects.

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Donna Tartt

"Am greatly enjoying the Neversink Library reissue of Jean Cocteau’s “Difficulty of Being,” since my copy from college is so torn up the pages are falling out."

By the Book: Donna Tartt · nytimes.com