# Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile

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- Authors: [Françoise Sagan](https://www.bookquiver.com/francoise-sagan)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4119-875-0
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2013-04-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Published when she was only eighteen, Françoise Sagan's astonishing first novel Bonjour Tristesse became an instant bestseller. It tells the story of Cécile, 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 Smile Dominique, a young woman bored with her lover, begins an encounter with an older man that unfolds in unexpected and troubling ways.