The Four Corners of the Heart : An Unfinished Novel

Author(s): Sagan, Francoise, Lewis, Sophie R.,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 20/06/2023,
Pagination: 174 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Amazon Publishing,
Published By: Amazon Publishing,
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781542025874

Description:
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.