Name: Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Perennial Classics)
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Author: Simone de Beauvoir
ISBN: 9780060825195

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Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Perennial Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Simone de Beauvoir

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Year

2005

Language

English

Pages

384

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.6 x 13.5 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN

0060825197

ISBN13

9780060825195

Edition No.

N/A

Synopsis "Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Perennial Classics) "

"[Beauvoir's] graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman." --TimeA superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s.Beauvoir vividly evokes her friendships, love interests, mentors, and the early days of the most important relationship of her life, with fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre, against the backdrop of a turbulent political time.

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Simone de Beauvoir (Paris, January 9, 1908 – April 14, 1986) was one of the most influential philosophers, writers, and essayists of the 20th century, a key figure in existentialism and an international reference in feminism. She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, where she met Jean-Paul Sartre, with whom she maintained a famous intellectual and personal relationship that would mark her life and thought. She published fundamental works such as The Second Sex (1949), considered a pillar of modern feminism, in which she analyzes the social construction of women from an existentialist perspective, and novels like She Came to Stay (1943) and The Mandarins (1954), the latter awarded the prestigious Goncourt Prize.

Throughout her career, De Beauvoir combined philosophical reflection, social analysis, and autobiography in more than twenty books, among which stand out Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, The Prime of Life, The Woman Destroyed, and Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre. She was internationally recognized with distinctions such as the Jerusalem Prize (1975) and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature (1978), and left an essential legacy in the fight for gender equality and human rights. Her thought and activism continue to inspire generations of readers, intellectuals, and freedom advocates.

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