Sagan F.: Bonjour Tristesse/A Certain Smile

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-04-04 Pages: 240 Language: English Publisher: Penguin PressClassics Sylish. shimmering and amoral. Sagans tale of adolescence and betrayal on the French Riviera was her masterpiece. published when she was just eighteen However. this. frank and explicit novella was considered too daring for 1950s Britain. and sexual scenes were removed for the English publication. Now this fresh and accurate new translation presents the uncensored text in full for the first time.Bonjour Tristesse tells the story of Ccile. 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. which is also included in this volume. Dominique. a young woman bored with her lover. begins an encounter with an older man that unfolds in unexpected and troublin..