Simone de Beauvoir

Newly translated and unabridged in English for the first time, Simone de Beauvoir's masterwork is a powerful analysis of the Western notion of "woman," and a groundbreaking exploration of inequality and otherness. This long-awaited new edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were cut in the first English translation. Vital and groundbreaking, Beauvoir's pioneering and impressive text remains as pertinent today as it...

These three long stories draw us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises. In the title story, the heroine's serenity is shattered when she learns that her husband is having an affair. In "The Age of Discretion," a successful, happily married professor finds herself increasingly distressed by her son's absorption in his young wife and her worldly values. In "The Monologue," a rich, spoiled woman, home...

The stories in this wonderful book are all tied together through their characters and makes this collection an interesting and enjoyable read. Many thoughts of the woman protagonists mirror some of my own as they struggle with men, faith, education, family and their own insecurities. --Steph Peters at Amazon.com.

The story of a relationship ravaged by anger, jealousy and revenge. Set in Paris on the eve of World War II, this is Simone de Beauvoir's first novel and is drawn from events in her real-life relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre.

"Ce court roman autobiographique suit avec émotion et lucidité l'amitié passionnée de deux jeunes filles rebelles, Simone de Beauvoir (Sylvie) et Zaza (Andrée), au long de leur éducation sexuelle et intellectuelle jusqu'à son dénouement tragique. On y retrouve les expériences fondatrices de la révolte et de l'oeuvre de la grande philosophe féministe : son émancipation mouvementée et l'antagonisme fondamental entre les intellectuels et...