{"product_id":"bonjour-tristesse-a-novel-isbn-9780061440793","title":"Bonjour Tristesse: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow a New Major Motion Picture directed by Durga Chew-Bose and starring Lily McInerny, Chloë Sevigny, and Claes Bang\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sensational 1954 French novel that has become a contemporary classic. Set against the translucent beauty of France in summer, \u003cem\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003c\/em\u003e is a bittersweet tale narrated by Cecile, a seventeen-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood, whose meddling in her father's love life leads to tragic consequences.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEndearing, self-absorbed, seventeen-year-old Cécile is the very essence of untroubled amorality. Freed from the stifling constraints of boarding school, she joins her father—a handsome, still-young widower with a wandering eye—for a carefree, two-month summer vacation in a beautiful villa outside of Paris with his latest mistress. Cécile cherishes the free-spirited moments she and her father share, while plotting her own sexual adventures with a \"tall and almost beautiful\" law student. But the arrival of her late mother's best friend intrudes upon a young girl's pleasures. And when a relationship begins to develop between the adults, Cécile and her lover set in motion a plan to keep them apart...with tragic, unexpected consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe internationally beloved story of a precocious teenager's attempts to understand and control the world around her, Françoise Sagan's \u003cem\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully composed, wonderfully ambiguous celebration of sexual liberation, at once sympathetic and powerfully unsparing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes an introduction by Diane Johnson.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eEndearing, self-absorbed, seventeen-year-old Cécile is the very essence of untroubled amorality. Freed from the stifling constraints of boarding school, she joins her father—a handsome, still-young widower with a wandering eye—for a carefree, two-month summer vacation in a beautiful villa outside of Paris with his latest mistress, Elsa. Cécile cherishes the free-spirited moments she and her father share, while plotting her own sexual adventures with a \"tall and almost beautiful\" law student. But the arrival of her late mother's best friend, Anne, intrudes upon a young girl's pleasures. And when a relationship begins to develop between the adults, Cécile and her lover set in motion a plan to keep them apart...with tragic, unexpected consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe internationally beloved story of a precocious teenager's attempts to understand and control the world around her, Françoise Sagan's \u003cem\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully composed, wonderfully ambiguous celebration of sexual liberation, at once sympathetic and powerfully unsparing.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"This sexy, poignant, moving and brief book is a must read.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelena Frith Powell, The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Its sparkling sea and secluding woods, its animal quickness, its academically efficient plot, its heroes and heroines given the perfection of Racine personae by the young author's innocent belief in glamour.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Updike, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a masterly portrait that can be read as a critique of family life, the treatment of children and the psychic consequences of different forms of upbringing.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRachel Cusk, The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Decadent, amoral, and scandalous.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The timelessness of 'Bonjour Tristesse' — and perhaps, the legend of its author — endures, urgent and relevant.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887816372453,"sku":"NP9780061440793","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061440793.jpg?v=1730227526","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/bonjour-tristesse-a-novel-isbn-9780061440793","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}