Bonjour Tristesse
€11.60
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780241951569 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Publishing Date | 07/04/2011 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €10.94 |
| Tax | €0.66 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €11.60 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
A Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection
''Late into the night we talked of love, of its complications. In my father''s eyes they were imaginary. . .This conception of rapid, violent and passing love affairs appealed to my imagination. I was not at the age when fidelity is attractive. I knew very little about love.''
The French Riviera: home to the Beautiful People. And none are more beautiful than Cécile, a precocious seventeen-year-old, and her father Raymond, a vivacious libertine. Charming, decadent and irresponsible, the golden-skinned duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars and hedonistic pleasures. But then, one long, hot summer Raymond decides to marry, and Cécile and her lover Cyril feel compelled to take a hand in his amours, with tragic consequences.
Bonjour Tristesse scandalized 1950s France with its portrayal of teenager terrible Cécile, a heroine who rejects conventional notions of love, marriage and responsibility to choose her own sexual freedom.