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

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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
 

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Axel Madsen
• Edition: Ingram Publishers Services
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 16.06.2015
• EAN: 9781504008792
• ISBN: 978-1-5040-0879-2
• Pages: 314
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature romanes; ebook, Biography, Nonfiction