A Few Hours of Sunlight Author:Francoise Sagan translated by Terence Kilmartin Published in France first as Un Peu de Soleil dans L'Eau Froide — It's easy to see why Gilles would prefer Nathalie's bed to a psychiatrist's couch but why does she - married and too inherently respectable to be anyone's mistress - give up everything for this selfish, shallow, and disturbed young man? — This book was made into a movie with the sam... more »e name (French) available on DVD.
"Francoise Sagan can say concisely and trenchantly with a few phrases what other writers struggle over pages to say...a master of graceful immediacy." Boston Globe« less