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Author Seymour-Jones, Carole.

Title A dangerous liaison : a revelatory new biography of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre / Carole Seymour-Jones.

Imprint New York : Overlook Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  848.914 B385Bs 2009    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvii, 574 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-561) and index.
Contents The pursuit of happiness 1905-38 -- The dark years 1939-44 -- Ecrivains engages 1945-56 -- False gods 1952-68 -- The farewell ceremony 1969-86.
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.
Subject Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986.
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.
Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography.
Feminists -- France -- Biography.
Philosophy -- France -- History -- 20th century.
Added Title Biography of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre
ISBN 9781590202685
1590202686

 
    
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