Beauvoir, Simone de 1908-1986

The second sex by Simone de Beauvoir ( Book )
437 editions published between 1949 and 2011 in 29 languages and held by 4,077 libraries worldwide
An unabridged version of Beauvoir's feminist exploration of the psychological, sexual and social roles of women and their historical and contemporary situation in Western culture at the middle of the twentieth century.

The coming of age by Simone de Beauvoir ( Book )
100 editions published between 1970 and 2009 in 13 languages and held by 2,835 libraries worldwide
A comprehensive examination of the biological, ethnological and historical aspects of old age and society's role in determining the unhappy fate of human beings.

The mandarins, a novel by Simone de Beauvoir ( Book )
278 editions published between 1954 and 2010 in 20 languages and held by 2,397 libraries worldwide
An ironic tale of life and love in the French intellectual class.

Memoirs of a dutiful daughter by Simone de Beauvoir ( Book )
348 editions published between 1958 and 2010 in 20 languages and held by 2,392 libraries worldwide
In this first volume of autobiography, the French author traces the first twenty-one years of her life and provides insights into the development of her philosophy. As an adolescent she seeks to shed her family's bourgeois values while struggling to find acceptance for her ideas in a climate generally unreceptive to female intellectuals. She meets Sartre at the Sorbonne and their lifelong friendship begins.

The prime of life by Simone de Beauvoir ( Book )
223 editions published between 1960 and 2008 in 16 languages and held by 2,100 libraries worldwide
"Second volume of ... Simone de Beauvoir [who] writes of the years from 1929 to 1944"--Cover.

La force des choses by Simone de Beauvoir ( Book )
193 editions published between 1198 and 2008 in 12 languages and held by 1,999 libraries worldwide
Erindringer.

A very easy death by Simone de Beauvoir ( Book )
221 editions published between 1964 and 2009 in 17 languages and held by 1,898 libraries worldwide
Day-by-day account of the death of the author's mother.

Adieux : a farewell to Sartre by Simone de Beauvoir ( Book )
85 editions published between 1981 and 2008 in 8 languages and held by 1,844 libraries worldwide
From the Dust Jacket: In Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir uses Jean-Paul Sartre's last ten years as a focus for understanding his entire life. Through her eyes, we see an intimate portrait of the man who was widely recognized as one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century-the foremost philosopher of existentialism, a Nobel Prize-winning playwright, and a central figure in almost every major philosophical, political, literary, and social issue of our time. De Beauvoir was Sartre's closet friend, his intellectual companion, and, intermittently, his lover, from his early twenties until his death. It is she who tells his story in Adieux. She begins with a year-by-year memoir of Sartre's last decade: his political involvements, his work on Flaubert, his friendships, his relationship with her, his slow demise. The second and longer part of the book is a conversation between Sartre and De Beauvoir about his entire life and work. Unguarded, lucid, and incisive, Sartre talks about the origins of his philosophy, the inspiration for his fiction, and the conviction behind his activism. But more than a philosophical book, Adieux is a personal dialogue of astonishing candor. Sartre openly discusses his relationships with women-a subject which seems to pain De Beauvoir even now; his ugliness; his fear of passion. And in one of the most moving passages in Adieux, De Beauvoir anticipates Sartre's death. She knows he is dying, but she cannot tell him. Existentialism's acceptance of death does not console her. Adieux reveals the inner Sartre and the inner De Beauvoir, and illuminates one of the most extraordinary relationships of our century.

All said and done by Simone de Beauvoir ( Book )
104 editions published between 1972 and 2008 in 8 languages and held by 1,796 libraries worldwide
"Dissiper les mystifications, dire la vérité, c'est un des buts que j'ai le plus obstinément poursuivis à travers mes livres. Cet entêtement a ses racines dans mon enfance ; je haïssais ce que nous appelions ma sour et moi la " bêtise " : une manière d'étouffer la vie et ses joies sous des préjugés, des routines, des faux-semblants, des consignes creuses. J'ai voulu échapper à cette oppression, je me suis promis de la dénoncer.

The woman destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir ( Book )
144 editions published between 1967 and 2009 in 20 languages and held by 1,550 libraries worldwide
Analyse : Roman psychologique (intime). Roman de société.