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A Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection

'Late into the night we talked of love, of its complications. In my father's eyes they were imaginary. . . This conception of rapid, violent and passing love affairs appealed to my imagination. I was not at the age when fidelity is attractive. I knew very little about love.'

The French Riviera: home to the Beautiful People. And none are more beautiful than Cécile, a precocious seventeen-year-old, and her father Raymond, a vivacious libertine. Charming, decadent and irresponsible, the golden-skinned duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars and hedonistic pleasures. But then, one long, hot summer Raymond decides to marry, and Cécile and her lover Cyril feel compelled to take a hand in his amours, with tragic consequences.

Bonjour Tristesse scandalized 1950s France with its portrayal of teenager terrible Cécile, a heroine who rejects conventional notions of love, marriage and responsibility to choose her own sexual freedom.

Book details

Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Fiction: special features Fiction in translation

• Full title: Bonjour Tristesse
• Author: Francoise Sagan
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• EAN: 9780241951569
• ISBN: 0241951569
• ID: 04358321
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 72 g
• Dimensions: 182 × 113 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. April 2011

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