Bonjour tristesse ; and, A certain smile

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Bonjour tristesse ; and, A certain smile

Françoise Sagan ; with an introduction by Rachel Cusk ; translated by Irene Ash

(Penguin modern classics, . Fiction)

Penguin, 2008

  • : pbk

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Un certain sourire

Bonjour tristesse & A certain smile

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"Bonjour tristesse first published by Éditions René Julliard 1954"--T.p. verso

"A certain smile first pulished as Un certain sourire by Éditions René Julliard 1956"--T.p. verso

"This edition first published in Penguin classics 2008"--T.p. verso

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Published when she was only nineteen, Francoise 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. These two acerbically witty and delightfully amoral tales about the nature of love are shimmering masterpieces of cool-headed, brilliant observation.

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