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UN Piano Dans L'Herbe

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Ce volume comprend trois pièces de théâtre, dont la première est inédite. L'Excès contraire est une pièce de boulevard. Drôle et enlevée, l’action se déroule en Allemagne, en 1914. Frédéric, un jeune lieutenant, est l'amant d'une nuit d'Adèle mais le mari de celle-ci rentre à l'improviste de la chasse… Un piano dans l'herbe, c’est l'univers de Sagan qui nous est familier. Les personnages , la quarantaine, en vacances à la campagne, cherchent à retrouver leur jeunesse. Mais, comme le dit l'un d’ « La jeunesse, ma chérie, c'est aussi dangereux à réveiller qu'un tigre. » Il fait beau jour et nuit est la pièce la plus grave des trois. Une jeune femme vient de sortir de l'asile où elle a passé trois ans à se demander si elle était vraiment folle. Elle retrouve son mari et sa cousine qui ne sont pas forcément animés des meilleures intentions...

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First published October 1, 1970

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Françoise Sagan

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Born Françoise Quoirez, Sagan grew up in a French Catholic, bourgeois family. She was an independent thinker and avid reader as a young girl, and upon failing her examinations for continuing at the Sorbonne, she became a writer.

She went to her family's home in the south of France and wrote her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse, at age 18. She submitted it to Editions Juillard in January 1954 and it was published that March. Later that year, She won the Prix des Critiques for Bonjour Tristesse.

She chose "Sagan" as her pen name because she liked the sound of it and also liked the reference to the Prince and Princesse de Sagan, 19th century Parisians, who are said to be the basis of some of Marcel Proust's characters.

She was known for her love of drinking, gambling, and fast driving. Her habit of driving fast was moderated after a serious car accident in 1957 involving her Aston Martin while she was living in Milly, France.

Sagan was twice married and divorced, and subsequently maintained several long-term lesbian relationships. First married in 1958 to Guy Schoeller, a publisher, they divorced in 1960, and she was then married to Robert James Westhoff, an American ceramicist and sculptor, from 1962 to 63. She had one son, Denis, from her second marriage.

She won the Prix de Monaco in 1984 in recognition of all of her work.

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sagan sagan sagan je t'aimeeeee !!!! (et louis aussi...)
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March 27, 2023
Pour être honnête, au début, tous les personnages m'ont semblé bidimensionnels et superficiels.
Mais c'était l'intention de Sagan, et au fil des actes, nous voyons comment ces personnages ont une profondeur pleine de chagrin, de tristesse et d'amertume, qui cherchent à être jeunes parce qu'ils attendent une seconde chance.
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