The Four Corners of the Heart: An Unfinished Novel

By Françoise Sagan

Book Overview

From the internationally bestselling author of Bonjour Tristesse comes the surprise publication of a novel she never finished--and a story that evokes her greatest works. French literary star Francoise Sagan was just eighteen when she published her first bestseller, Bonjour Tristesse , in 1954. Decades later, this short novel surfaced: an unfinished manuscript that wittily dissects the romantic lives of its bourgeois characters. The glamorous Marie-Laure never expected her wealthy older husband to survive a devastating car accident that left him in a fragile mental and physical condition. But three years later, Ludovic Cresson returns home to the family estate and finds himself in the throes of a tumultuous marriage. Overseeing this tense dynamic is Henri, the patriarch, who wants to see his son recover but detests various members of his own family. When Marie-Laure's mother visits the estate, the family equilibrium falters spectacularly. As Ludovic's virility returns, he cannot resist the charms of his mother-in-law--and neither can his father. The story ends abruptly, but it offers a vivid, if open ended, look into some of Sagan's final undiscovered characters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1542025877
• ISBN13: 9781542025874
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Amazon Crossing
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 6.9"