内容简介
AHarperPerennialModernClassicsreissueofthisunflinchingexaminationofpost-warFrenchintellectuallife,andanamazingchronicleoflove,philosophyandpoliticsfromoneofthemostimportantthinkersofthetwentiethcentury.Anepicromance,aphilosophicalargumentandanhonestandsearingportrayalofwhatitmeanstobeawoman,thisisSimonedeBeauvoir’smostfamousandprofoundnovel.DeBeauvoirsketchesthevolatileintellectualandpoliticalclimateofpost-warFrancewithamazingdeftnessandinsight,peoplingherstorywithfictionalisationsofthemostimportantfiguresoftheera,suchasCamus,SartreandNelsonAlgren.Hernovelexaminesthepainfulsplitbetweenpublicandprivatelifethatcharacterisedthefemaleexperienceinthemid-20thcentury,andaddressesthemostdifficultquestionsofgenderandchoice.Itisanastonishingworkofintellectualathleticism,yetalsoamovingromance,alovestoryofpassionanddepth.Longoutofprint,thismasterpieceisnowreissuedaspartoftheHarperPerennialModernClassicsseriessothatawholenewgenerationcandiscoverdeBeauvoir’smagic.
作者简介
SimondeBeauvoirwasborninParisin1908.AclosefriendofthewriterandphilosopherJean-PaulSartre,andwell-knownasaleaderoftheExistentialistmovementinParis.Herfamousfeministwork,TheSecondSex,washailedasalandmarkstudyofwomen,andhernovels,includingTheWomanDestroyedandSheCametoStay,havebecomewell-lovedclassics.Shediedin1968.