By Francoise Sagan
The French Riviera: domestic to the attractive humans. And none are extra appealing than Cecile, a precocious seventeen-year-old, and her father Raymond, a vivacious libertine. fascinating, decadent and irresponsible, the golden-skinned duo are devoted to a lifetime of unfastened love, quickly automobiles and hedonistic pleasures. but if Raymond comes to a decision to marry, he shall we unfastened in Cecile uncooked, ungovernable impulses to break, with tragic results. "Bonjour Tristesse" scandalized Nineteen Fifties France with its portrayal of youngster Cecile, a heroine who rejects traditional notions of affection, marriage and accountability to settle on her personal sexual freedom.
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Parecia inquieto; em algum momento pareceu exasperado. Abriu a sacola de couro, apalpou-a por dentro, até a mão direita trêmula encontrar um cartão-postal. No rosto sério os lábios sumiram de sua boca, quem sabe um cacoete ou o gesto ansioso. Por favor, me acompanhe até essa casa, ele pediu, apontando a fotografia do cartão-postal. O tom da voz era quase de súplica; chegou a ser patético ao repetir o pedido em francês, e só não o fez em alemão porque dispensei mais salamaleques. Eu conhecia de vista a casa ilhada: u m bangalô atraente 70 e misterioso, que só parecia dar sinal de vida depois do anoitecer, quando as luzes iluminavam a fachada e o jardim.
Ela apareceu ao anoitecer. Notou o jeito esquivo dos convidados e perguntou logo de cara: Vocês ainda estão falando de política? Tirou os sapatos, mal cumprimentou Francine e Laure, disse: Ça vai a Gerardo, Gabriela e Jérôme, foi menos fria com Fabiana e Marcelo, beijando-lhes o rosto e perguntando a todos: Pelo menos me esperaram pra cantar parabéns? Lázaro apontou para Jean-Paul, sozinho e de pernas abertas no canto da sala, o rosto com ar entorpecido e blasé. Mas Bárbara o ignorou. Só ela estava de pé, observando a bagunça de copos, garrafas, pratos e talheres, então Fabiana disse que só estavam esperando por Bárbara para cantar parabéns e pediu a Marcelo que acendesse as velas do bolo.
Soube que deixara a Bretanha havia muitos anos; seu desejo era partir em busca do desconhecido. Para ele, viajar era uma forma de viver em tempos distintos. Um dia lhe perguntei se conhecia o dialeto bretão ou uma das tantas línguas indígenas do Amazonas. Vi seu rosto branco ruborizar: um rosto sem rugas, imberbe, os olhos azulados pareciam expressar dúvida ou indagação; de repente se levantou, foi até a varanda e, de costas para o rio, disse: Emilie me confundiu com Armand Verne. Ele, sim, é u m linguista aplicado e tutor dos nativos.