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Bonjour tristesse / In einem Monat, in einem Jahr / Lieben Sie Brahms?
- GenresClassics
410 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1990
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About the author
Françoise Sagan
251 books1,678 followersBorn Françoise Quoirez, Sagan grew up in a French Catholic, bourgeois family. She was an independent thinker and avid reader as a young girl, and upon failing her examinations for continuing at the Sorbonne, she became a writer.
She went to her family's home in the south of France and wrote her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, at age 18. She submitted it to Editions Juillard in January 1954 and it was published that March. Later that year, She won the Prix des Critiques for Bonjour Tristesse.
She chose "Sagan" as her pen name because she liked the sound of it and also liked the reference to the Prince and Princesse de Sagan, 19th century Parisians, who are said to be the basis of some of Marcel Proust's characters.
She was known for her love of drinking, gambling, and fast driving. Her habit of driving fast was moderated after a serious car accident in 1957 involving her Aston Martin while she was living in Milly, France.
Sagan was twice married and divorced, and subsequently maintained several long-term lesbian relationships. First married in 1958 to Guy Schoeller, a publisher, they divorced in 1960, and she was then married to Robert James Westhoff, an American ceramicist and sculptor, from 1962 to 63. She had one son, Denis, from her second marriage.
She won the Prix de Monaco in 1984 in recognition of all of her work.
She went to her family's home in the south of France and wrote her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, at age 18. She submitted it to Editions Juillard in January 1954 and it was published that March. Later that year, She won the Prix des Critiques for Bonjour Tristesse.
She chose "Sagan" as her pen name because she liked the sound of it and also liked the reference to the Prince and Princesse de Sagan, 19th century Parisians, who are said to be the basis of some of Marcel Proust's characters.
She was known for her love of drinking, gambling, and fast driving. Her habit of driving fast was moderated after a serious car accident in 1957 involving her Aston Martin while she was living in Milly, France.
Sagan was twice married and divorced, and subsequently maintained several long-term lesbian relationships. First married in 1958 to Guy Schoeller, a publisher, they divorced in 1960, and she was then married to Robert James Westhoff, an American ceramicist and sculptor, from 1962 to 63. She had one son, Denis, from her second marriage.
She won the Prix de Monaco in 1984 in recognition of all of her work.
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June 10, 2025
Interessantes Buch, jedoch nicht ganz mein Geschmack. Ende war toll.
January 27, 2026
Das ist KUNST. Ein Kunstwerk!! Ich liebe alles an diesem Werk und habe es unzählige Male gelesen und als Hörbuch gehört und kann immer noch nicht genug bekommen.
Die Tragik, die Intensität, der Schreibstil. Für mich ein Must-Read, das alle einmal gelesen haben sollten.
Es ist definitiv in den Top 5 der Bücher meines Lebens!
Kuss, Julia
Die Tragik, die Intensität, der Schreibstil. Für mich ein Must-Read, das alle einmal gelesen haben sollten.
Es ist definitiv in den Top 5 der Bücher meines Lebens!
Kuss, Julia
February 20, 2012
I don't know what I think about this book. I expected not to like it, but it was more carefully imagined than I had thought an eighteen year old author could have managed. It also had more emotional depth than some other reviews had led me to imagine. It would be fair to say, therefore, that I was surprised by it - but I'm not sure yet whether I liked it or not. I was fairly gripped by it - which given its somewhat vacuuous central protagonists, is strange.
Hmmm.
Hmmm.
September 18, 2008
A gorgeous little novella. Sweet and sensual...
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