Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile
Author: Sagan, Françoise
ISBN: 9780141198750
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 14 Jun 2013
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
Sagan's stylish, shimmering and amoral tale of adolescence and betrayal on the French Riviera
Published when she was only eighteen, Fran oise 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.
ISBN: 9780141198750
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 14 Jun 2013
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
Sagan's stylish, shimmering and amoral tale of adolescence and betrayal on the French Riviera
Published when she was only eighteen, Fran oise 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.
