Simone De Beauvoir

A biography of French writer & philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, one of the most controversial yet most deeply admired figures of this century. As author of The Second Sex, she inaugurated the modern feminist movement; as a philosopher, essayist, & novelist she was in the vanguard of French intellectual life for nearly 40 years. In this acclaimed biography, based in part on 5 years of interviews with de Beauvoir, Bair penetrates the mystique of this brilliant, often paradoxical, woman. Includes 41 photographs. A definitive work. Monumental. Fascinating . . a major accomplishment & splendidly readable. A fine, fine book.