书目

BonjourTristesse

内容简介

Publishedwhenshewasonlynineteen,FrançoiseSagan'sastonishingfirstnovelBonjourTristessebecameaninstantbestseller.IttellsthestoryofCécile,wholeadsacarefreelifewithherwidowedfatherandhisyoungmistressesuntil,onehotsummerontheRiviera,hedecidestoremarry-withdevastatingconsequences.InACertainSmileDominique,ayoungwomanboredwithherlover,beginsanencounterwithanoldermanthatunfoldsinunexpectedandtroublingways.Thesetwoacerbicallywittyanddelightfullyamoraltalesaboutthenatureofloveareshimmeringmasterpiecesofcool-headed,brilliantobservation.

作者简介

FrancoiseSagan(1935-2004)Frenchnovelist,playwright,andscreenwriter,whosedispassionateportrayalsofbored,amoralmiddle-classpeoplehavebeentranslatedintomanylanguages.Saganpublishedherfirstnovel,Bonjourtristesse(1954),attheageof19.Itwasasuccesdescandaleforitsdepictionofayoungwomanbreakingupherfather'saffair.RachelCuskistheauthorofSavingAgnes(1993),whichwontheWhitbreadFirstNovelAward;ALife'sWork:OnBecomingaMother(2001);TheLuckyOnes(2003),andArlingtonPark(2006),shortlistedforthe2007OrangePrizeforFiction.In2003RachelCuskwasnominatedbyGrantamagazineasoneof20'BestofYoungBritishNovelists'.

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