He's just the kind that seduces little girls like me. The absence of genuine feeling seemed to me the most normal way to live.īertrand foolishly introduces her to his married uncle, Luc - and Dominique recognizes immediately what Bertrand has fatally overlooked: Trust, esteem and tenderness were not to be despised, and I thought very little about passion. She has a boyfriend, Bertrand, and they romp around happily enough, even if she doesn't feel particularly passionately about him, rationalizing: We acknowledge (and remind and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure.Ī Certain Smile is narrated by free-spirited young law student Dominique. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole. Please note that these ratings solely represent the complete review 's biased interpretation and subjective opinion of the actual reviews and do not claim to accurately reflect or represent the views of the reviewers. Yet her novel is a petition in spiritual and emotional bankruptcy.' - Time Her style is spare, lucid and psychologically astute. 'Author Sagan's prose is as disciplined as her characters are not.A Certain Smile was made into a film in 1958, directed by Jean Negulesco, and starring Joan Fontaineī : quite well done, but rather limited novella.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.

Francoise sagan a certain smile