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 pleas...
Bonjour Tristesse & A Certain Smile, both novellas by Sagan have been on my TBR for years, and I am so glad I finally read them. There was no particular reason I wanted to read them other than that I heard so many readers speak of them, tho not about them. I was intrigued. I had no idea that Saga...
This is the most unexpected book this month!I wasn't supposed to like it, but unexpectedly I did! The story is so traditional and predictable, but the fact that its writer has actually written it when she was 19 gives the story extra credit. There is one quotation that I truly loved:"Anne, I love yo...
An odd, precocious little novella that seemed like an ideal summer read: prematurely world-weary French girl thwarts her playboy father’s relationship while on vacation on the Riviera and experiencing her own sexual awakening. Sounds just delightfully melodramatic enough. And it’s short. In some way...
bookshelves: shortstory-shortstories-novellas, film-only, published-1953, autumn-2013, france, debut Read from August 11 to November 13, 2013 Stars:Jean Seberg, David Niven, Deborah Kerr IMDB Description: Cecile, decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father Raymond. When Anne, Raym...
So what happens when a spoiled teenager is forced to grow up and refuses her new stepmother? Apparently, some pretty evil shit. Cécile is not happy with the rigid lifestyle of her new mater familias Anne and doesn't waste a single opportunity to show her disdain. Even though she admires the consiste...
In 1954, when Bonjour Tristesse first came out, it caused a scandal. It was daring of Françoise Sagan to write a novella about seventeen-year-old Cécile who lives with her playboy father and doesn’t mind his changing affairs. Hypocritical post-war society was even less prepared for reading the first...
Regarding the author’s age when she wrote it, i can only say that she did an amazing job, her writing style being irreproachable. But the story, the plot, it’s all… uninteresting I’d say. There is a few good sentences that could be turned into famous quotes, but other than that, I can’t see anything...
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