num_pages: 718
description: A biography of French writer &amp; philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, one of the most controversial yet most deeply admired figures of this century. As author of The Second Sex, she inaugurated the modern feminist movement; as a philosopher, essayist, &amp; novelist she was in the vanguard of French intellectual life for nearly 40 years. In this acclaimed biography, based in part on 5 years of interviews with de Beauvoir, Bair penetrates the mystique of this brilliant, often paradoxical, woman. Includes 41 photographs. A definitive work. Monumental. Fascinating . . a major accomplishment &amp; splendidly readable. A fine, fine book.
language: English
title: Simone De Beauvoir
titlecomplete: Simone De Beauvoir
genres: Feminism, France, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Gender, Biography Memoir, Biography, Nonfiction, Womens
ratings_count: 577
publisher: Fayard