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Bonjour tristesse

Bonjour tristesse

Author(s): Françoise Sagan

Location(s): French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1950s

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Bonjour Tristesse 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.

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