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Thursday, July 14, 2011

A dangerous liaison : a revelatory new biography of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre




Seymore-Jones, Carole (YOB/YOD)
New York, New York USA : Overlook Press, © 2009


Book 574 pp ISBN 9-781-59020-268-5 1-5902-0268-6
Summary
Traces the more than fifty-year relationship shared by the writing-philosophy duo, describing it was shaped by evolving modes of thought as well as Sartre's alcoholism, DeBeauvoir's lesbianism, and their controversial political affiliations.
The pursuit of happiness 1905-38 --
The dark years 1939-44 --
Écrivains engagés 1945-56 --
False gods 1952-68 --
The farewell ceremony 1969-86.

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