# Bonjour Tristesse

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- Book: [Bonjour Tristesse](https://www.bookquiver.com/francoise-sagan/bonjour-tristesse) ([Bonjour Tristesse.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/francoise-sagan/bonjour-tristesse.md))
- Authors: [Françoise Sagan](https://www.bookquiver.com/francoise-sagan)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4195-156-9
- Pages: 112
- Published: 2011-04-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'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.