Author: Sagan, Françoise & Ash, Irene [translator]
Title: A Certain Smile
Description: John Murray, 1956, 1st English edition. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. 132pp, dustjacket a little rubbed at the head of the spine, endpapers beginning to tan, otherwise a near fine copy. Hardback with dustjacket. ¶ The second novel by the French author whom François Mauriac called a 'charming little monster'. The novel ( originally Un Certain Sourire ) was written when Sagan was only 20. concerns Sagan's usual themes of love & passion involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois characters, this time the story is related by a Parisian student who has an experimental love affair with a much older man. Ash translated the book for the UK Murray edition, whilst the US edition ( E P Dutton ) was translated by Anne Green.

Keywords: french literature, modern fiction