Bonjour Tristesse
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Françoise Sagan
Binding: Hardback
Published: John Murray, 1957
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing, price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Bonjour Tristesse presents a sleek and psychologically charged novel in the modern literary fiction genre, chronicling a teenage girl's summer on the French Riviera as she manipulates the adults around her with calculated charm. The plot centers on Cécile, whose carefree life with her indulgent father is disrupted by the arrival of a poised and principled woman intent on reforming them. Sagan illustrates the tension between freedom and responsibility, detailing Cécile’s descent into emotional sabotage with cool precision. The novel argues that youthful rebellion, when unchecked, can yield irreversible consequences.
Author: Françoise Sagan
Binding: Hardback
Published: John Murray, 1957
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing, price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Bonjour Tristesse presents a sleek and psychologically charged novel in the modern literary fiction genre, chronicling a teenage girl's summer on the French Riviera as she manipulates the adults around her with calculated charm. The plot centers on Cécile, whose carefree life with her indulgent father is disrupted by the arrival of a poised and principled woman intent on reforming them. Sagan illustrates the tension between freedom and responsibility, detailing Cécile’s descent into emotional sabotage with cool precision. The novel argues that youthful rebellion, when unchecked, can yield irreversible consequences.