{"product_id":"bonjour-tristesse-9780061440793","title":"Bonjour Tristesse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoon to be a New Major Motion Picture directed by Durga Chew-Bose and starring Lily McInerny, Chlo? 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 C?cile 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. C?cile 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, C?cile 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, Fran?oise 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSagan, Francoise:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eFrançoise Sagan (1935-2004) was only eighteen when her first novel, \u003cem\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003c\/em\u003e, was published. Her other novels include \u003cem\u003eIncidental Music\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Certain Smile\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Painted Lady\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590346805522,"sku":"9780061440793","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2d8350e6-60de-4599-a40f-64a66dfac612.jpg?v=1732078548","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bonjour-tristesse-9780061440793","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}