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Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile

By Françoise Sagan
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan delves into the emotional world of youth, exploring themes of love, freedom, and the complexities of relationships. In the first story, a young woman's carefree summer on the French Riviera takes a dramatic turn when her father's love life introduces unforeseen challenges. The second tale follows a university student in post-war Paris, navigating the intensity and passion of an affair with a sophisticated, older man. Both stories capture the poignant blend of frivolity and melancholy inherent in love and self-discovery.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate introspective tales exploring the complexities of youthful emotions, love, and self-discovery. Françoise Sagan's narrative often focuses on the inner lives and moral struggles of young protagonists, set against the backdrop of idyllic French locales. If stories of growth, existential reflection, and the navigation of relationships intrigue you, this double novel could prove captivating.

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Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile

Tells the story of Cecile, 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.

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Sagan's stylish, shimmering and amoral tale of adolescence and betrayal on the French Riviera.

Published when she was only eighteen, Françoise Sagan's astonishing first novel Bonjour Tristesse became an instant bestseller. It tells the story of Cecile, 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.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141198750

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 April 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Heather Lloyd
  • Introduction by Rachel Cusk

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 182g

Pages: 240

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Fiction Françoise Sagan General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Francoise Sagan was born in France in 1935. Bonjour tristesse (1954), published when she was just 19, became a succes 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. Heather Lloyd was previously Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Glasgow, and has published work on both Bonjour tristesse and Francoise Sagan. Rachel Cusk is the author of Saving Agnes (1993), which won the Whitbread First Novel Award; A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother (2001); and Arlington Park (2006), shortlisted for the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction. Her most recent book is Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation (2012).

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