Sunlight On Cold Water
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A quietly devastating work of modern French fiction, Sunlight on Cold Water chronicles the turbulent love affair between Gilles, a disillusioned Parisian politician, and Nathalie, a young woman he meets while convalescing in the French countryside. Françoise Sagan writes with her trademark cool elegance and psychological precision, dissecting the emotional contradictions of desire, freedom, and commitment. The novel presents a world where passion and ennui coexist uncomfortably, and where the pursuit of happiness is perpetually undermined by self-sabotage. Sagan illustrates with devastating clarity how modern men and women construct and destroy the very relationships they crave, making this a quintessential portrait of mid-twentieth-century French romantic malaise.
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Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A quietly devastating work of modern French fiction, Sunlight on Cold Water chronicles the turbulent love affair between Gilles, a disillusioned Parisian politician, and Nathalie, a young woman he meets while convalescing in the French countryside. Françoise Sagan writes with her trademark cool elegance and psychological precision, dissecting the emotional contradictions of desire, freedom, and commitment. The novel presents a world where passion and ennui coexist uncomfortably, and where the pursuit of happiness is perpetually undermined by self-sabotage. Sagan illustrates with devastating clarity how modern men and women construct and destroy the very relationships they crave, making this a quintessential portrait of mid-twentieth-century French romantic malaise.
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A quietly devastating work of modern French fiction, Sunlight on Cold Water chronicles the turbulent love affair between Gilles, a disillusioned Parisian politician, and Nathalie, a young woman he meets while convalescing in the French countryside. Françoise Sagan writes with her trademark cool elegance and psychological precision, dissecting the emotional contradictions of desire, freedom, and commitment. The novel presents a world where passion and ennui coexist uncomfortably, and where the pursuit of happiness is perpetually undermined by self-sabotage. Sagan illustrates with devastating clarity how modern men and women construct and destroy the very relationships they crave, making this a quintessential portrait of mid-twentieth-century French romantic malaise.
