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Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile (Paperback)
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Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile (Paperback)
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Sylish, shimmering and amoral, Sagan's tale of adolescence and
betrayal on the French Riviera was her masterpiece, published when
she was just eighteen. However, this frank and explicit novella was
considered too daring for 1950s Britain, and sexual scenes were
removed for the English publication. Now this fresh and accurate
new translation presents the uncensored text in full for the first
time. Bonjour Tristesse 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, which is also
included in this volume, Dominique, a young woman bored with her
lover, begins an encounter with an older man that unfolds in
unexpected and troubling ways. Both novellas have been freshly
translated by Heather Lloyd and include an introduction by Rachel
Cusk. Heather Lloyd has also written a new afterword for this
edition. 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). 'Funny,
thoroughly immoral and thoroughly French' The Times
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