{"title":"Simone de Beauvoir","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"a-very-easy-death-a-memoir-simone-de-beauvoir-paperback","title":"A Very Easy Death: A Memoir -- Simone de Beauvoir, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Very Easy Death \u003c\/i\u003ehas long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir's masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother's death \"shows the power of compassion when it is allied with acute intelligence\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e). Powerful, touching, and sometimes shocking, this is an end-of-life account that no reader is likely to forget. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslated by Patrick O'Brian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simone De Beauvoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.06w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780394728995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSIMONE DE BEAUVOIR\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the \u003ci\u003eagrégation\u003c\/i\u003e in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second on the exam to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at lycées in Marseille and Rousen from 1931 to 1937, and in Paris from 1938 to 1943. After World War II, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on \u003ci\u003eLes Temps Modernes. \u003c\/i\u003eThe author of many acclaimed works, de Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simone de Beauvoir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44975764898020,"sku":"9780394728995","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780394728995.jpg?v=1779187056"},{"product_id":"the-independent-woman-simone-de-beauvoir-paperback","title":"The Independent Woman -- Simone de Beauvoir, Paperback","description":"\"Like man, woman is a human being.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in Paris in 1949--groundbreaking, risqu , brilliantly written and strikingly modern--it provoked both outrage and inspiration. \u003ci\u003eThe Independent Woman\u003c\/i\u003e contains three key chapters of Beauvoir's masterwork, which illuminate the feminine condition and identify practical social reforms for gender equality. It captures the essence of the spirited manifesto that switched on light bulbs in the heads of a generation of women and continues to exert profound influence on feminists today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simone De Beauvoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.30h x 4.60w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525563402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agrégation in philosophy at the Sorbonne. After the war, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Jean-Paul Sartre on \u003ci\u003eLes Temps Modernes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e The Second Sex, \u003c\/i\u003efirst published in 1949, has been translated into forty languages and become a landmark in the history of feminism. Beauvoir was the author of many other books, including the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Mandarins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was awarded the Prix Goncourt. 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But Laurence gave up on happiness long ago, choosing instead to manifest the perfect image of wife, mother, daughter, homemaker, and career woman. 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