Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter -- Simone De Beauvoir, Paperback

"[Beauvoir's] graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman." --Time

A 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.

Author: Simone De Beauvoir
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 08/02/2005
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780060825195