Bonjour Tristesse - Softcover

Francoise Sagan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140278788 ISBN 13: 9780140278781

Publisher: Penguin, 1998

Synopsis

The French Riviera: home to the Beautiful People. And none are more beautiful than Cecile, 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 when Raymond decides to marry, he lets loose in Cecile raw, ungovernable impulses to destroy, with tragic consequences.

BONJOUR TRISTESSE scandalized 1950s France with its portrayal of teenager Cecile, a heroine who rejects conventional notions of love, marriage and responsibility to choose her own sexual freedom.

About this title

Synopsis:

The French Riviera - home to the beautiful Cecile, a precocious 17-year-old, and her father Raymond. The duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars and hedonistic pleasures. But when Raymond decides to marry, he lets loose in Cecile impulses to destroy, with tragic consequences.

About the Author:

Françoise Sagan was born in France in 1935. Bonjour tristesse (1954), published when she was just 19, became a succès de scandale and even earned its author a papal denunciation. Sagan went on to write many other novels, plays and screenplays, and died in 2004.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0140278788
• ISBN 13: 9780140278781
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112