Bonjour Tristesse

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Published when she was only eighteen, Fran-se Sagan''s astonishing novella, Bonjour Tristesse, became an instant bestseller. It tells the story of C-le, 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.