"A sensational 1954 French novel that has become a contemporary classic
Set against the translucent beauty of France in summer, Bonjour Tristesse is a bittersweet tale narrated by Cecile, a seventeen-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood, whose meddling in her father's love life leads to tragic consequences.
Endearing, self-absorbed, seventeen-year-old C�cile is the very essence of untroubled amorality. Freed from the stifling constraints of boarding school, she joins her father--a handsome, still-young widower with a wandering eye--for a carefree, two-month summer vacation in a beautiful villa outside of Paris with his latest mistress. C�cile cherishes the free-spirited moments she and her father share, while plotting her own sexual adventures with a ""tall and almost beautiful"" law student. But the arrival of her late mother's best friend intrudes upon a young girl's pleasures. And when a relationship begins to develop between the adults, C�cile and her lover set in motion a plan to keep them apart...with tragic, unexpected consequences.
The internationally beloved story of a precocious teenager's attempts to understand and control the world around her, Fran�oise Sagan's Bonjour Tristesse is a beautifully composed, wonderfully ambiguous celebration of sexual liberation, at once sympathetic and powerfully unsparing.
This special Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Diane Johnson and a P.S. section with additional insights about the book and author."
By:
Francoise Sagan Imprint: Pocket Country of Publication: France Dimensions:
Height: 175mm,
Width: 107mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 91g ISBN:9782266195584 ISBN 10: 2266195581 Publication Date:05 May 2009 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
