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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.
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- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:07/04/2011
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- ISBN:9780241951569
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:07/04/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780241951569
