Memoirs Of A Dutiful Daughter

Zusatztext “This is perhaps the best piece of writing Mlle. de Beauvoir has yet done; the translator does it justice.” Informationen zum Autor French Existentialist philosopher, novelist, essayist, editor, and groundbreaking feminist Simone De Beauvoir was born in Paris, where she lived most of her life. She was the author of the feminist classic The Second Sex , several volumes of autobiography, and highly acclaimed novels, including The Mandarins , winner of the Prix Goncourt. Klappentext "A book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way." --New York TimesA superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth centurySimone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s.Beauvoir vividly evokes her friendships, love interests, mentors, and the early days of the most important relationship of her life, with fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre, against the backdrop of a turbulent political time. Zusammenfassung “A book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way.” — New York Times A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century Simone de Beauvoir's  Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter  offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s. Beauvoir vividly evokes her friendships, love interests, mentors, and the early days of the most important relationship of her life, with fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre, against the backdrop of a turbulent political time. ...

Product details

• Authors: Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de/ Kirkup Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.08.2005
• EAN: 9780060825195
• ISBN: 978-0-06-082519-5
• No. of pages: 365
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Perennial Classics; Perennial Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, PHILOSOPHY: MODERN, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, PHILOSOPHY: Essays, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Dysfunctional Families, PHILOSOPHY: History & Surveys / Modern, WOMEN'S STUDIES: MEMOIR & BIO, HARPER PERENNIAL CLASSICS: AUTOBIOGRAPHY & BIO