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Buenos días, tristeza

by Françoise Sagan

Written when Sagan was only eighteen, this sensation of 1950s Paris follows a teenage girl's sophisticated navigation of desire, family dynamics, and moral ambiguity during a summer on the French Riviera. Mature in style and psychologically acute, the novel shocked and captivated readers with its clear-eyed portrayal of youth's capacity for both innocence and calculation.

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