{"product_id":"bonjour-tristesse-a-certain-smile","title":"Bonjour Tristesse \u0026 A Certain Smile","description":"\u003cp\u003eSylish, shimmering and amoral, Sagan''s tale of adolescence and betrayal on the French Riviera was her masterpiece, published when she was just eighteen. 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. Her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eAftermath: On Marriage and Separation \u003c\/i\u003e(2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Funny, thoroughly immoral and thoroughly French''  \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57309646389630,"sku":"NW9780141198750","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141198750.jpg?v=1778234947","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/bonjour-tristesse-a-certain-smile","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}