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The Inseparables

The Inseparables

  • Simone de Beauvoir

  • Deborah Levy (Introducer)

  • Lauren Elkin (Translator)

  • Sylvie le Bon de Beauvoir (Afterword by)

RELEASED 02/09/2021

THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED STORY OF YOUTH AND CLOSE-FRIENDSHIP FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SECOND SEX

TRANSLATED BY LAUREN ELKIN; INTRODUCED BY DEBORAH LEVY

Told by one of the foremost feminists of the twentieth century, this is a gripping coming-of-age novel from Simone de Beauvoir, closely modelled on events of her own life. Two young women, Sylvie and Andree, battle with their families, their religion and the deeply held conventions of society in early twentieth-century Paris. A deep and abiding friendship sustains them in an increasingly desperate struggle to find happiness and independence.

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Simone de Beauvoir

Simone 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, placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at the lycées at Marseille and Rouen from 1931-1937, and in Paris from 1938-1943. After the war, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on Les Temps Mordernes. The author of several books including The Mandarins (1957) which was awarded the Prix Goncourt, de Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986.

Simone de Beauvoir

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