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Bonjour Tristesse: A Novel
strongA sensational 1954 French novel that has become a contemporary classicstrongstrongSet
against the translucent beauty of France in summer,&nbspemBonjour Tristesseem&nbspis a
bittersweet tale narrated by Cecile, a seventeen-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood, whose
meddling in her father's love life leads to tragic consequences.strongEndearing, self-absorbed,
seventeen-year-old C 233 cile is the very essence of untroubled amorality. Freed from the stifling
constraints of boarding school, she joins her father 8212 a handsome, still-young widower with a
wandering eye 8212 for a carefree, two-month summer vacation in a beautiful villa outside of
Paris with his latest mistress. C 233 cile cherishes the free-spirited moments she and her father
share, while plotting her own sexual adventures with a tall and almost beautifullaw student. But
the arrival of her late mother's best friend intrudes upon a young girl's pleasures. And when a
relationship begins to develop between the adults, C 233 cile and her lover set in motion a plan to
keep them apart with tragic, unexpected consequences.The internationally beloved story of a
precocious teenager's attempts to understand and control the world around her, Fran 231 oise
Sagan's emBonjour Tristesseem is a beautifully composed, wonderfully ambiguous celebration
of sexual liberation, at once sympathetic and powerfully unsparing.This special Harper Perennial
Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Diane Johnson and a P.S. section with
additional insights about the book and author.