Bonjour tristesse
Sagan, Francoise, 1935-2004200708UU
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Cecile leads a hedonistic, frivolous life with her father and his mistresses. On holiday in the South of France, she is seduced by the sun, the sand and her first lover. But when her father decides to remarry, their carefree existence becomes clouded by tragedy. This book introduces readers to love's fascinating possibilities and extremities. Cecile leads a hedonistic, frivolous life with her father and his young mistresses. On holiday in the South of France, she is seduced by the sun, the sand and her first lover. But when her father decides to remarry, their carefree existence becomes clouded by tragedy. United by the theme of love, the writings in the "Great Loves" series span over two thousand years and vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to love's endlessly fascinating possibilities and extremities: romantic love, platonic love, erotic love, gay love, virginal love, adulterous love, parental love, filial love, nostalgic love, unrequited love, illicit love, not to mention lost love, twisted and obsessional love...
Main title:
Bonjour tristesse / Francoise Sagan.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2007.
Collation:
128 p.
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Notes:
Paperback; A-format paperback.
Biography/History:
Francoise Sagan (1935-2004) 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. Bonjour Tristesse scandalized 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.
ISBN:
9780141032917 (pbk)014103291X (pbk)
Dewey class:
AF
Language:
English
BRN:
402906
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