Book 1978

Bonjour tristesse

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Publisher: John Murray
Published: 1978

French fiction
Translations into Russian
Fathers and daughters
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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.