Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile
Author
Original Works
Translator
Foreword / Afterword
Rachel Cusk
Format
Collection / Anthology
Language
Year
2025
Publisher
Country
United Kingdom
Pages
224
ISBN
9780141919331
Published when she was only nineteen, Françoise Sagan’s astonishing first novel Bonjour Tristesse became an instant bestseller. It tells the story of Cécile, who leads a carefree life with her widowed father and his young mistresses until, one hot summer on the Riviera, he decides to remarry – with devastating consequences. In A Certain Smile Dominique, a young woman bored with her lover, begins an encounter with an older man that unfolds in unexpected and troubling ways. These two acerbically witty and delightfully amoral tales about the nature of love are shimmering masterpieces of cool-headed, brilliant observation.— Google Books
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