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A review by ghostofyesterday
Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan
3.0
Unabated hedonism has its price...
There are some beautiful turns of phrase here from such a young author (Sagan was 17 when she wrote this) but it really is very hard to empathise with a class of folk who are ludicrously wealthy, superficial and bored, swanning about the south of France on holidays attempting to find love or play at some idea of love. It is an amusing tale at times however and, at a mere 120 or so pages, not one that will take a huge amount of one's time to get through if the subjects of the novella prove tiresome.
✮✮✮1/2
There are some beautiful turns of phrase here from such a young author (Sagan was 17 when she wrote this) but it really is very hard to empathise with a class of folk who are ludicrously wealthy, superficial and bored, swanning about the south of France on holidays attempting to find love or play at some idea of love. It is an amusing tale at times however and, at a mere 120 or so pages, not one that will take a huge amount of one's time to get through if the subjects of the novella prove tiresome.
✮✮✮1/2