Françoise Sagan

Rachel Cusk

Bonjour Tristesse:  This classic French novel of an amoral young woman scandalized the literary world in 1954, not least because the author was just 19. A Certain Smile is in many ways a sequel, with many of the same themes and an insouciant, destructive protagonist. Clean, unmarked pages  From non-smoking home. 

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Published when she was only nineteen, Fran�oise Sagan's astonishing first novel Bonjour Tristessebecame an instant bestseller. It tells the story of C�cile, 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 SmileDominique, 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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