For information please write: Special Markets Department, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY JO022. HarperColiins books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. For information address HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written per mission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical ar ticles and reviews. Introduction copyright © 2001 by Diane Johnson. Qonjour Tri0te00e F rans:oise Sagan Translated from the French by Irene Ashįirst English edition published by E.P. Deceptively simple in structure, Bonjour Tristesse is a complex and beautifully com posed portrait of casual amorality and a young woman's desperate attempt to under Feeling threatened but empowered, Cecile sets in motion a devastating plan that claims a surprising victim. Then, a new woman appears in herįather's life. Having accepted the constantly changing women in his life, Cecile pursues a sexual conquest of her own with a "tall and almost beautiful" law student. A French Classic Set against the translucent beauty of France in summer, Bonjour Tristesse is a bitter sweet tale narrated by Cecile, a seventeen-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood, whose meddling in her father's love life leads to tragic consequences.įreed from boarding school, Cecile lives in unchecked enjoyment with her youngish, widowed father-an affectionate rogue, dissolute and promiscuous.
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