Bonjour tristesse.

154 pages

French language

Published April 6, 1954 by Julliard.

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978-2-266-12774-5
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4 stars (8 reviews)

La villa est magnifique, l'été brûlant, la Méditerranée toute proche. Cécile a dix-sept ans. Elle ne connaît de l'amour que des baisers, des rendez-vous, des lassitudes. Pas pour longtemps. Son père, veuf, est un adepte joyeux des liaisons passagères et sans importance. Ils s'amusent, ils n'ont besoin de personne, ils sont heureux. La visite d'une femme de cœur, intelligente et calme, vient troubler ce délicieux désordre. Comment écarter la menace ? Dans la pinède embrasée, un jeu cruel se prépare.

C'était l'été 1954. On entendait pour la première fois la voix sèche et rapide d'un " charmant petit monstre " qui allait faire scandale. La deuxième moitié du XXe siècle commençait. Elle serait à l'image de cette adolescente déchirée entre le remords et le culte du plaisir.

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Review of 'Bonjour tristesse.' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

The title translates as "Hello, Sadness," which is appropriate. Cecile, aged 17, lives with her widowed father Raymond, a 40-year-old playboy. They do not have the typical father-daughter relationship. Raymond is immature and self-centered and treats his daughter like an adult. He even takes Cecile to casinos. At one point early in the book, Cecile says, "I cannot imagine a better or a more amusing companion." Companion, not father. Raymond has a succession of mistresses, the latest of whom is Elsa, a 29-year-old redhead. Elsa comes to spend her summer with Raymond and Cecile, who likes her. Cecile has come to accept that none of her father's lovers will last. She enjoys the carefree life she leads with Raymond - but everything changes with the arrival of Anne, an old friend of her father and mother. Things began to change in ways that Cecile does not understand or like - …

Review of 'Bonjour tristesse.' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Airy, wispy and light: one could easily skim these pages, but if you look closely into the sentences, you quickly discover a world of its own. I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that Sagan wrote this at the age of 18, but there it is.

Interesting, soft and brilliant, this is a quick, atmospheric and memorable read.

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