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Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography

by Deirdre Bair
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This definitive biography is based on five years of interviews with de Beauvoir, and is written with her full cooperation. Bair penetrates the mystique of this brilliant and often paradoxical woman, who has been called one of the great minds of the 20th century, and surely, one of the most famously unconventional figures of her generation. "As a reference work . . . Simone de Beauvoir can be considered definitive".--The Atlantic. 16-page photographic insert.

This definitive biography is based on five years of interviews with de Beauvoir, and is written with her full cooperation. Bair penetrates the mystique of this brilliant and often paradoxical woman, who has been called one of the great minds of the 20th century, and surely, one of the most famously unconventional figures of her generation. "As a reference work . . . Simone de Beauvoir can be considered definitive."--The Atlantic. 16-page photographic insert.

Synopsis

This definitive biography is based on five years of interviews with de Beauvoir, and is written with her full cooperation. Bair penetrates the mystique of this brilliant and often paradoxical woman, who has been called one of the great minds of the 20th century, and surely, one of the most famously unconventional figures of her generation. "As a reference work . . . Simone de Beauvoir can be considered definitive".--The Atlantic. 16-page photographic insert.

Publishers Weekly

De Beauvoir's extraordinary, long relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre is the focus of this portrait, which combines literary biography, intellectual and oral history and feminist theory. PW called pk the work ``impressively researched. . . . Bair adds much to our knowledge of every aspect of de Beauvoir's life,'' commenting also that pk unfortunately she often overburdens readers with detail. (Aug.)

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

De Beauvoir's extraordinary, long relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre is the focus of this portrait, which combines literary biography, intellectual and oral history and feminist theory. PW called pk the work ``impressively researched. . . . Bair adds much to our knowledge of every aspect of de Beauvoir's life,'' commenting also that pk unfortunately she often overburdens readers with detail. (Aug.)

Book Details

Published
August 1, 1991
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Pages
720
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780671741808

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