'Bonjour Tristesse' by Françoise Sagan

Oh yes, I actually went on to read this.

It's not wonderful and quite simplistic. Not particularly scandalous either. Then again, it might have been something of a novelty in the era of literature and epoch of morals it was published into. One can never tell unless the right conditions are inoculated into the equation.

So the story goes: late teens, female, only child, filthy rich. Father finds someone to marry. Fiancee is close to the family and almost treated as her mother. Fiancee is righteous but threatens the 'debauchery' of their existence. Girl wreaks havoc but doesn't lose conscience.

You should read the ending.

'Those Without Shadows' by Françoise Sagan

I read this book yesterday morning and I hardly remember how I felt upon reading it. It's another story about the moral delinquency of the bourgeoisie, evanescent love, misery in artistry and well, adultery. Anything else to add?

I'm not puritanical but one thing I find in novels like these (novels detailing the purposelessness and futility and dilapidation of the human life) is God - or at least, spirituality for that matter.

One thing I liked about this book is the brevity. Everybody loves succinctness.

The book wasn't particularly riveting and the themes, I thought, were exhausted numerous times before in other books (or do I just tend to read books like this)? I'll have to read her other more famous book some time. Guesses as to what it is?