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Published by Brand: Pocket (FR), 2024
ISBN 10: 2266127748ISBN 13: 9782266127745
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. <p> Endearing, self-absorbed, seventeen-year-old Ccile is the very essence of untroubled amorality. Freed from the stifling constraints of boarding school, she joins her fathera handsome, still-young widower with a wandering eyefor a carefree, two-month summer vacation in a beautiful villa outside of Paris with his latest mistress, Elsa. Ccile cherishes the free-spirited moments she and her father share, while plotting her own sexual adventures with a "tall and almost beautiful" law student. But the arrival of her late mother's best friend, Anne, intrudes upon a young girl's pleasures. And when a relationship begins to develop between the adults, Ccile and her lover set in motion a plan to keep them apart.with tragic, unexpected consequences. </p> <p> The internationally beloved story of a precocious teenager's attempts to understand and control the world around her, Franoise Sagan's <i>Bonjour Tristesse</i> is a beautifully composed, wonderfully ambiguous celebration of sexual liberation, at once sympathetic and powerfully unsparing. </p>
Published by Brand: Pocket (FR), 1999
ISBN 10: 2266080598ISBN 13: 9782266080590
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. On December 8 1995, Elle magazine editor-in-chief Bauby suffered a stroke and lapsed into a coma. He awoke 20 days later, mentally aware of his surroundings but physically paralyzed with the exception of some movement in his head and left eye. Bauby had Locked-in-Syndrome, a rare condition caused by stroke damage to the brain stem. Eye movements and blinking a code representing letters of the alphabet became his sole means of communication. It is also how he dictated this warm, sad, and extraordinary memoir. Bauby's thoughts on the illness, the hospital, family, friends, career, and life before and after the stroke appear with considerable humor and humanity. Actor Rene Auberjonois's narration adds to the poignancy of the story. Sadly, Bauby died of his condition in 1997.
Published by Brand: Pocket (FR), 2024
ISBN 10: 2266127748ISBN 13: 9782266127745
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: new. Endearing, self-absorbed, seventeen-year-old Ccile is the very essence of untroubled amorality. Freed from the stifling constraints of boarding school, she joins her fathera handsome, still-young widower with a wandering eyefor a carefree, two-month summer vacation in a beautiful villa outside of Paris with his latest mistress, Elsa. Ccile cherishes the free-spirited moments she and her father share, while plotting her own sexual adventures with a "tall and almost beautiful" law student. But the arrival of her late mother's best friend, Anne, intrudes upon a young girl's pleasures. And when a relationship begins to develop between the adults, Ccile and her lover set in motion a plan to keep them apart.with tragic, unexpected consequences. The internationally beloved story of a precocious teenager's attempts to understand and control the world around her, Franoise Sagan's Bonjour Tristesse is a beautifully composed, wonderfully ambiguous celebration of sexual liberation, at once sympathetic and powerfully unsparing.