Sagan, Françoise (Pseudonym of Françoise Quoirez) (Vol. 9) | Sagan, Françoise (Pseudonym of Françoise Quoirez) 1935–
Sagan, Françoise (Pseudonym of Françoise Quoirez) 1935–
Sagan is a French novelist and playwright whose works often deal with brief, tentative relationships and love affairs. She concerns herself with trying to understand the motivation behind the actions of her characters—bored, lonely people whom she depicts sharply. Her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, was written when she was eighteen, making her an instant literary celebrity. Her pseudonym comes from the character of the Princess of Sagan in Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. (See also CLC, Vols. 3, 6, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 49-52.)
Françoise Sagan has in her time said some wry things about love; in Lost Profile, the insights are thin on the ground—the worst thing about a break-up, for instance, is "not just leaving one another, but leaving one another for different reasons". There are some nice touches…. But some of the writing is...
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