Christmas Delivery Guaranteed 🚚
Christmas Gift Guide Gift Guide
Christmas Delivery Delivery
Store Hours Store Hours
Gift Cards Gift Cards

Donate a Book This Christmas ❤️📚

Bonjour Tristesse

By Françoise Sagan
Series: Penguin Essentials
0.0 (0 reviews)
3.74 goodreads logo

Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.

Check link for latest rating. ( 68,953 ratings, 6,614 reviews)
Book Hero Magic crafted this summary to help describe this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Summary
Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan is a poignant story about a 17-year-old girl named Cécile, who spends a carefree summer on the French Riviera with her widowed father, Raymond. Their tranquil holiday takes an unexpected turn when Raymond's relationship with a family friend threatens to disrupt their idyllic lives. The novel explores themes of young love, jealousy, and the impact of adult decisions on adolescent innocence.
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$2400
Elsewhere:
$2600
AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 3-4 weeks

Found a better price? Request a price match

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

You might enjoy this book if you appreciate beautifully written tales of adolescence and internal conflict set against the lush backdrop of the French Riviera. Its exploration of freedom, desire, and the complexities of adult relationships is captivating and thought-provoking, appealing to those who relish psychological depth and poignant emotional insights.

Book Hero thinking about your next read

Bonjour Tristesse

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.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Teenager terrible Cecile explores her sexual freedom one hot summer on the French Riviera.

‘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 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 then, one long, hot summer Raymond decides to marry, and Cecile and her lover Cyril feel compelled to take a hand in his amours, with tragic consequences.

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

Series: Penguin Essentials

View all

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Bonjour Tristesse is celebrated for its witty and morally ambiguous storytelling, capturing the French spirit. It is credited with influencing the permissive society and regarded as a literary sensation of its time. Françoise Sagan is often likened to the French F. Scott Fitzgerald for her style and impact.

Book Hero reading reviews

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241951569

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 April 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Contributors:

  • Translated by Irene Ash

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 181.0mm

Weight: 69g

Pages: 112

Collections

Fiction Françoise Sagan General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Series: Penguin Essentials

About the Author

Francoise Sagan was born in Cajarc, France in 1935. She took her nom de plume from Marcel Proust's Princesse de Sagan and was eighteen years old when she wrote her bestseller Bonjour Tristesse. Having failed to pass her examinations at the Sorbonne, she decided to write a novel. It received international acclaim and by 1959 had sold 850,000 in France alone. Her other books include A Certain Smile, Those Without Shadows, Aimez-vouz Brahms..., La Chamade, The Heart-Keeper, Sunlight on Cold Water, Scars on the Soul, The Unmade Bed, The Painted Lady, The Still Storm, Painting in Blood, Silken Eyes and Incidental Music. She was also a playwright (her plays include Un Piano dans l'herbe and Zaphorie), wrote three volumes of autobiography - the last volume, Avec mon meilleur souvenir, appeared in 1984. Francoise Sagan died in 2004.

Also by Françoise Sagan

View all

More from General Fiction

View all

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.