Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Perennial Classics) - Softcover

De Beauvoir, Simone

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060825197 ISBN 13: 9780060825195

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2005

Synopsis

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.

She 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.

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Review:

"It is a book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way."--New York Times

"[Beauvoir's] graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman."--Time

"This is perhaps the best piece of writing Mlle. de Beauvoir has yet done; the translator does it justice."--Saturday Review

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060825197
• ISBN 13: 9780060825195
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384