Bonjour Tristessse

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The literary sensation of Paris in 1954 was *"Bonjour Tristesse,"* a novel written by an eighteen year, old girl. By 1955 in translation it was offered to American readers. Some found it shocking but here was a talent extraordinary for its maturity of style and its adult perceptiveness of human character.

subjects: French fiction,  Translations into Russian,  Fathers and daughters,  Domestic Architecture,  Fiction,  Revenge,  Teenage girls,  French language materials,  French language,  Texts,  Fiction, general,  Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author),  Womanizers,  Tochter,  Vater,  Geliebte,  Intrige,  Translations into English,  Remarriage,  First loves,  May-December romances,  Social life and customs,  Manners and customs,  Remariage,  Romans, nouvelles,  Premier amour,  Relations amoureuses intergénérationnelles,  Mœurs et coutumes,  Pq2633.u74 b6 2010,  843/.914

Places: Southern France,  Côte d'Azur

Times: 1950's