Bonjour Tristesse scandalized 1950s France with its portrayal of teenager terrible Cecile, a heroine who rejects conventional notions of love, marriage and responsibility to choose her own sexual freedom. But then, one long, hot summer Raymond decides to marry, and Cecile and her lover Cyril feel compelled to take a hand in his amours, with tragic consequences. Charming, decadent and irresponsible, the golden-skinned duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars and hedonistic pleasures. And none are more beautiful than Cecile, a precocious seventeen-year-old, and her father Raymond, a vivacious libertine. I knew very little about love.' The French Riviera: home to the Beautiful People. I was not at the age when fidelity is attractive. This conception of rapid, violent and passing love affairs appealed to my imagination. A Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection 'Late into the night we talked of love, of its complications. Book Synopsis A sensational 1954 French novel that has be a contemporary classic Set against the translucent beauty of France in summer, Bonjour Tristesse.
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