The 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 when Raymond decides to marry, he lets loose in Cecile raw, ungovernable impulses to destroy, with tragic consequences.
BONJOUR TRISTESSE scandalized 1950s France with its portrayal of teenager Cecile, a heroine who rejects conventional notions of love, marriage and responsibility to choose her own sexual freedom.
- ISBN13 9782266195584
- Publish Date 12 November 1986 (first published June 1978)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 July 2023
- Publish Country FR
- Imprint Pocket
- Format Paperback
- Pages 153
- Language French