Hearts and Minds - The Common Journey of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre

A dual biography of the two most influential socio-political moralists of the twentieth century, whose lives were intertwined personally and intellectually for more than forty-six years. Madsen provides an engrossing view of the luminously transparent relationship that was unconventional yet faithful to its ideals.
 

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Axel Madsen

Summary

A dual biography of the two most influential socio-political moralists of the twentieth century, whose lives were intertwined personally and intellectually for more than forty-six years. Madsen provides an engrossing view of the luminously transparent relationship that was unconventional yet faithful to its ideals.
 

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“Axel Madsen is an admirably informed and persuasive writer . . . He has produced a rare thing: a dual biography which manages not to slight either of its subjects . . . A welcome, stimulating report.” —Larry McMurtry, The Washington Post

“Splendid . . . Presents Sartre and de Beauvoir in convincing human terms.” —Los Angeles Times

“Fascinating throughout.” —The Christian Science Monitor
 

Product details

• Authors: Axel Madsen
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.06.2015
• EAN: 9781504008792
• ISBN: 978-1-5040-0879-2
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; ebook, Biography, Nonfiction