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Josephine Baker was eleven in 1917 in St. Louis, Missouri living with her family in a one-room hovel, its walls lined with newspaper and magazine pages, flimsy fortification against invading cold. Through her child's eye, however, the paper scraps became exotic animals, and it was a lucky night when they were fortunate enough to have rotten potatoes from a rich man's garbage. On one of those 1917 nights Josephine's mother awakened her with urgency. Grabbing her "babies", two small puppies she had rescued from the trash, Josephine ran with her family from their home.
What I saw before me as I stepped outside had been described at church that Sunday by the Reverend in dark, spine-chilling tones. This
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GIGI: A SKILLFUL NOVELLA OF SOCIAL COMEDY
A REVIEW BY PAULA DITALLO
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Gigi appeared as the title piece in the 1944 volume Gigi et autres nouvelles (Gigi and Other Stories). This piece is considered to be a comedy of manners and represents
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a joyous return to youth, to the figure of the adolescent girl, and to the world of fashionable courtesans. It is a transparent, but brilliant fairy tale woven with indulgent humor.
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