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The Mandarins (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Simone de Beauvoir
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Description for The Mandarins (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Paperback. A Harper Perennial Modern Classics reissue of this unflinching examination of post-war French intellectual life, and an amazing chronicle of love, philosophy and politics from one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 550.
A Harper Perennial Modern Classics reissue of this unflinching examination of post-war French intellectual life, and an amazing chronicle of love, philosophy and politics from one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. An epic romance, a philosophical argument and an honest and searing portrayal of what it means to be a woman, this is Simone de Beauvoir's most famous and profound novel. De Beauvoir sketches the volatile intellectual and political climate of post-war France with amazing deftness and insight, peopling her story ... Read more
A Harper Perennial Modern Classics reissue of this unflinching examination of post-war French intellectual life, and an amazing chronicle of love, philosophy and politics from one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. An epic romance, a philosophical argument and an honest and searing portrayal of what it means to be a woman, this is Simone de Beauvoir's most famous and profound novel. De Beauvoir sketches the volatile intellectual and political climate of post-war France with amazing deftness and insight, peopling her story ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
Series
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Number of Pages
752
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007203949
SKU
9780007203949
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Ref
99-1
About Simone de Beauvoir
Simon de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. A close friend of the writer and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, and well-known as a leader of the Existentialist movement in Paris. Her famous feminist work, The Second Sex, was hailed as a landmark study of women, and her novels, including The Woman Destroyed and She Came to Stay, have become well-loved ... Read more
Reviews for The Mandarins (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
`A remarkable novel.' Iris Murdoch, Sunday Times `A dazzling panorama of the giants of the Left Bank.' New Statesman `The characters, especially the women, are uninhibited and sometimes predatory. The ... Read more