BONJOUR TRISTESSE

by Francoise Sagan ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 25, 1954

What have we here? Another Young Visiter? The publishers say no- that Mlle. Sagan is young- very young- but very gifted. Possibly in a Latin the completely ammoral tone of her summer idyll would be accepted with tongue in cheek. But to an American audience, it is incredible that a , fille. freshly out of convent, could naively cherish the life of a boulevardier, such as her father represented, while plotting so heartlessly to upset any plans for regularizing his relationship with Anne the woman who loved him enough to accept his past and marry him. To this purpose young Cecile dedicated her wits; she used Cyril, a clean- living youth who worshipped her enough to do her bidding, she used Elsa, her father's discarded mistress, to act as Cyril's mistress as spur to the father's jealousy, and she suffered only occasional qualms when her plot succeeded beyond expectations. That it led to Anne's death -- and put her own feet in the paths of her father's light-hearted waywardness- seems to write the pattern of a future she relishes. Written with a naive assumption that such is the way of the world as she sees it, this will give pause even to those who fancy themselves sophisticates.

Pub Date: Feb. 25, 1954

ISBN: 0066211697

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dutton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1954

Categories: FICTION