{"title":"Books by Francoise Sagan","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780241630891","title":"Bonjour Tristesse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Late into the night we talked of love, of its complications. In my father's eyes they were imaginary. . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis conception of rapid, violent and passing love affairs appealed to my imagination. I was not at the age when fidelity is attractive. I knew very little about love.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 pleasures. 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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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Cécile, 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 \u003ci\u003eA Certain Smile\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 troubling ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth novellas have been freshly translated by Heather Lloyd and include an introduction by Rachel Cusk. Heather Lloyd has also written a new afterword for this edition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrançoise Sagan was born in France in 1935. \u003ci\u003eBonjour tristesse\u003c\/i\u003e (1954), published when she was just 19, became a \u003ci\u003esuccès de scandale\u003c\/i\u003e and even earned its author a papal denunciation. Sagan went on to write many other novels, plays and screenplays, and died in 2004.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeather Lloyd was previously Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Glasgow, and has published work on both \u003ci\u003eBonjour tristesse\u003c\/i\u003e and Françoise Sagan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel Cusk is the author of \u003ci\u003eSaving Agnes\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), which won the Whitbread First Novel Award; \u003ci\u003eA Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother\u003c\/i\u003e (2001); and \u003ci\u003eArlington Park \u003c\/i\u003e(2006), shortlisted for the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction. 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Thirty-nine-year-old Paule is an accomplished and intelligent interior designer in love with a philandering playboy. While she can't ignore Roger's infidelities, flakiness, and seeming disinterest in marriage, she also can't help but feel alone when he's not around.   Then, one day, Paule meets Simon, a man fifteen years younger. He invites her to a Brahms concert, and the two hit it off. Paule begins to wonder if absence really does make the heart grow fonder, or just complacent. She decides to let herself be loved.   Simon is Roger’s opposite: well-mannered, affectionate, and attentive. But while Simon has fallen hard and fast for Paule, she remains cautious and unsure about her own feelings. Paule wants Simon, but she also wants Roger. Or perhaps, even more curiously, she wants the solitude Roger’s love ensures.   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