The Image of Her

One woman strives for perfection - it''s an old story. This is Simone de Beauvoir''s gripping version. Laurence lives what appears to be an ideal existence. Her life features all the trappings of 1960s Parisian bourgeoisie: money, a handsome husband, two daughters and a lover. She also has a successful career as an advertising copywriter, though her mind unbidden writes copy whilst she''s at home, and dreams of domesticity in the office. But Laurence is a woman whose happiness was relegated long ago by the expectation of perfection. Relentlessly torn by the competing needs of her family, it is only when her 10-year-old daughter, Catherine, starts to vocalise her despair about the unfairness of the world that Laurence resists. TRANSLATED BY LAUREN ELKIN

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Simone de Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir
• Con la collaborazione di: Lauren Elkin (Traduzione), Elkin Lauren (Traduzione)
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2025
• EAN: 9781784879907
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-990-7
• Pagine: 208
• Dimensioni: 132 mm x 204 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Vintage Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, France, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, c 1960 to c 1969, FICTION / Feminist, Classic fiction: general and literary