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'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity' How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century's great philosophers explore the absurdity of our notio
Denne version af Simone de Beavoirs feministiske klassiker "The Second Sex" er en forkortet udgave, der består af de allervigtigste passager fra bogen. Da "The Second Sex" udkom for første gang i 1949, vakte bogen harme og skandale. Al
First published in 1967, this book consists of three short novellas on the theme of women's vulnerability in the first, to the process of ageing, in the second to loneliness, and, in the third, to the growing indifference of a loved one. THE WOMAN DE
Two sisters must find their way in a world designed to confine them. Marcelle is the elder sister, a woman whose ambitions focus on becoming the companion of a 'man of genius'. Marguerite is the younger sister, a girl whose sanity depends on break
When Andrée joins her school, Sylvie is immediately fascinated. Andrée is small for her age but walks with the confidence of an adult. The girls become close. They talk for hours about equality, justice, war and religion; they lose respect for their teach
A captivating novella about long-term relationships, getting older and how to live a good life, by the great Simone de Beauvoir. Nicole and André, a retired French couple, take a summer holiday to Russia. It is the 1960s and Russia is a beautiful, complic
When Andrée joins her school, Sylvie is immediately fascinated. Andrée is small for her age but walks with the confidence of an adult. The girls become close. They talk for hours about equality, justice, war and religion; they lose respect for their teach
Shes living a perfect life so why does Laurence feel so torn? Weekends in the country, weekdays in Paris Laurences life features all the trappings of 1960s French bourgeoisie. She has money, a handsome husband, two daughters and a lover. She also has a
"En velopdragen ung piges erindringer" er en medrivende og øjenåbnende, øm ogvredselvbiografi af en af det 20. århundredes mest indflydelsesrige litterære stemmer, Simone de Beauvoir. "En velopdragen ung piges erindringer" er på en gan
En skånsom død er en kort, intens og personlig skildring af Simone de Beauvoirs mors sidste tid hendes sygdomsforløb og død og samtidig et stærkt psykologisk og sociologisk portræt af at være kvinde og mor,af forholdet mellem mødre og døtre, og ikke min
Dis-moi pourquoi tu rentres si tard. Il n'a rien répondu. - Vous avez bu ? Joué au poker ? Vous etes sortis ? Tu as oublié l'heure ? Il continuait a se taire, avec une espece d'insistance, en faisant tourner son verre entre ses doigts. J'a
A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, 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
In three "immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion" (The Sunday Herald Times [London]), Simone de Beauvoir draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises. Enthralling as faction,
Long considered one of Simone de Beauvoirs masterpieces, A Very Easy Death is a profoundly affecting, day-by-day recounting of her mothers final days after she is hospitalized following a fall. Though a devout Catholic, her faith is subsumed by her terror
A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir's masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother's death "shows the power of compassion when it is allied with acute intelligence" ( The Sunda
Simone De Beauvoir undersøger i "En tvetydighedens moral" forholdet mellem menneskets frihed, moral og ansvar. Anden verdenskrig skubbede til grænserne i vores forestillinger om det gode og onde menneske, og om eksistensens balance af frihed og
Written as an act of revenge against the 17 year-old who came between her and Jean-Paul Sartre, She Came to Stay is Simone de Beauvoirs first novel a lacerating study of a young, naive couple in love and the usurping woman who comes between them. It is i
"The Second Sex" af Simone De Beauvoir er en af feminismens første tekster, der udkom for første gang i 1949. I bogen skriver hun, at en kvinde er noget der bliver skabt af samfundet. Allerede for 70 år siden gjorde Simone De Beauvoir opmærksom
Laurence is a woman who appears to live an ideal life. Weekends in the country, weekdays in Paris her life features all the trappings of 1960s French bourgeoisie. She has money, a handsome husband, two daughters and a lover. She also has a successful car
'A writer whose tears for her characters freeze as they drop' SUNDAY TIMES 'Vivid and moving and in combination with the existentialist panorama of history make the book well worth reading' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'Simone de Beauvoir has the tr
In 1983 de Beauvoir published Sartre's letters, maintaining that her own to him had been lost. They were found by de Beauvoir's adopted daughter, and published to a storm of controversy in France. Tracing the emotional and triangular complications
From the groundbreaking author of The Second Sex comes a radical argument for ethical responsibility and freedom. In this classic introduction to existentialist thought, French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir's The Ethics of Ambiguity simultaneously pa
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
'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman' First published in Paris in 1949, The Second Sex by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking, risqué book that became a runaway success. Selling 20,000 copies in its first week, the book earned its author
"De uadskillelige" er Simone De Beauvoirs betagende klassiker om to unge pigers intime venskab og søgen efter frihed. Sylvie fascineres af den dragende og kloge Andrée, og hun prøver ihærdigt at få hendes opmærksomhed og kærlighed. De to
"Misforståelsen" er Simone de Beauvoirs posthume roman om et ægteskabs skjulte jalousi og ensomhed. Nicole og Àndre rejser mod Rusland, hvor de skal besøge hans voksne datter, som han fik med en anden kone. Det, som skulle have været en r
Nyoversat En skånsom død er en kort, intens og personlig skildring af Simone de Beauvoirs mors sidste tid hendes sygdomsforløb og død og samtidig et stærkt psykologisk og sociologisk portræt af at være kvinde og mor,af forholdet mellem mødre og døtre, o
In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. In fictionally relating the stories of those around her - Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Arthur Koestler, N
Das berühmte Standardwerk von Simone de Beauvoir. Die universelle Standortbestimmung der Frau, die aus jahrtausendealter Abhängigkeit von männlicher Vorherrschaft ausgebrochen ist, hat nichts an Gültigkeit eingebüßt. Die Scharfsichtigkeit der grundlegende
Political Writings offers an abundance of newly translated essays by Simone de Beauvoir that demonstrate a heretofore unknown side of her political philosophy. The writings in this volume range from Beauvoir's surprising 1952 defense of the misogynist
Provocative insights into Beauvoir's philosophical and personal development during wartime Written from September 1939 to January 1941, Simone de Beauvoirs Wartime Diary gives English readers unabridged access to a scandalous text that threatened to o
The essential masterwork that has provoked and inspired generations of men and women. "From Eve's apple to Virginia Woolf's room of her own, Beauvoir's treatise remains an essential rallying point, urging self-sufficiency and offering the
"En velopdragen ung piges erindringer" er Simone De Beauvoirs klassiker om en ung troende piges frigørelse fra det borgerlige samfunds kvælertag. Simone De Beauvoir er uomgængeligt en af det 20. århundredes vigtigste forfattere, og "En velo
He becomes thoroughly attached to her and confides a terrifying truth: he is immortal. But having been resuscitated into enjoying life again, he soon starts breaking free from her grasp and all notions of mortality.
Ny udgavemed introducerende forord af filosof Tone Grosen Dandanell. DET ANDET KØN bind 1 og 2 er et hovedværk i kvindefrigørelsens historie, der giver anledning til diskussion den dag i dag. Til både mænd og kvinder, der vil blive klogere på relationen m
What do the words elderly, old, and aged really mean? How are they used by society, and how in turn do they define the generation that we are taught to respect and love but instead castigate and avoid? Most importantly, how is our treatment of this genera
Written between the age of eighteen and twenty-one, the entries in the third volume of Diary of a Philosophy Student take readers into Simone de Beauvoirs thoughts while illuminating the people and ideas swirling around her. The pages offer rare insights