![]() Heather Lloyd has also written a new afterword for this edition. Both novellas have been freshly translated by Heather Lloyd and include an introduction by Rachel Cusk. In A Certain Smile, 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. Bonjour Tristesse tells the story of Cecile, 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. Now this fresh and accurate new translation presents the uncensored text in full for the first time. ![]() However, this frank and explicit novella was considered too daring for 1950s Britain, and sexual scenes were removed for the English publication. ![]() Sylish, shimmering and amoral, Sagan's tale of adolescence and betrayal on the French Riviera was her masterpiece, published when she was just eighteen. ![]()
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