parnasse,"andpublishedthefirstchaptersofhermemoirs.

    EdwardTitus,whohadasmallpublishinghouseinParisandhadjustpublished"LadyChatterleysLover,"hiredSamuelPutnamtotranslateKikismemoirs.BeCerfofRandomHouseordered150copies,whichwereseizedbyAmerisofficers.Eventoday,Kluversays,thememoirsarekeptinaspecialreserveseoftheNewYorkPublicLibrary.

    Itishardtoseewhy.Theyarefilledwithabuoyantinnootgenerous.Hershamelessnessmeantthatsheremainedsimple,notthatshewascorrupt."AllIneedinlifeisanonion,abitofbreadandabottleofredwine,andIllalwaysfindsomeoogivemethat,"shesaidlateinlife.

    Hermemoirstellofhersqualidchildhood,theearlydaysinMontparnassewhen"Papa"LibioherwiselovableownerofLaRotonderefusedherentrahecafésmainroombecauseshedidnthaveahat.ShequicklyiedaicaldbecameoneofLibionsfavorites.

    "Ihadfoundmyrealmilieu,"shewrote."Thepaintersadoptedme.Finished,sadness.SometimesIdidnthaveenoughtoeatbutthejokesmademefetallthat."

    In1923shespentthreemonthsinNewYork,bewilderedbythelocalhabitofdrinkingboozefromteacups—shedoesohaveheardofProhibition—andhopingforafilmtract.However,onthedayofherParamou,sherealizedshehadfottenherbandnevershowedup."Itsforthebest,"sheremarkedtypically."Itsmuicertogotothemoviesthantomakethem."

    Twoyearslater,insdalousVillefranche,wherehomosexualsandlocaltartspetedforvisitingsailors("CocteauandIhadthesamepassionforallthatesfromthesea,"shedelicatelynoted),shesluggedacaf