{"product_id":"francoise-sagan-bonjour-tristesse-2011","title":"Francoise Sagan: Bonjour Tristesse [2011]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Late into the night we talked of love, of its complications. In my father's eyes they were imaginary. . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis conception of rapid, violent and passing love affairs appealed to my imagination. I was not at the age when fidelity is attractive. I knew very little about love.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe French Riviera: home to the Beautiful People. And none are more beautiful than Cecile, a precocious seventeen-year-old, and her father Raymond, a vivacious libertine. Charming, decadent and irresponsible, the golden-skinned duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars and hedonistic pleasures. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003c\/i\u003e scandalized 1950s France with its portrayal of teenager \u003ci\u003eterrible\u003c\/i\u003e Cecile, a heroine who rejects conventional notions of love, marriage and responsibility to choose her own sexual freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sagan, Francoise \u0026 Ash, Irene","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51437600833875,"sku":"9780241951569","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/sagan-francoise-ash-irene-francoise-sagan-bonjour-tristesse-2011-9780241951569-1181045260.jpg?v=1753383931","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/francoise-sagan-bonjour-tristesse-2011","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}