
Bonjour Tristesse
Francoise Sagan(Author)
Penguin Classics (Publisher)
Published on 25. May 2023
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-241-63089-1 (ISBN)
Description
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Published when she was only eighteen, Francoise Sagan's astonishing novella, 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.
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.
Published when she was only eighteen, Francoise Sagan's astonishing novella, 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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 166 mm
Width: 113 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
192 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-63089-1 (9780241630891)
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Person
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.