The Mandarins
of Simone de Beauvoir, Leonard M. Friedman (Translator)
Description
In her most famous novel, Simone de Beauvoir does not flinch in her look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of the Second World War. Drawing on those who surrounded her -- Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Arthur Koestler -- and her passionate love affair with Nelson Algren, Beauvoir dissects the emotional and philosophical currents of her time. At once an engrossing drama and an intriguing political tale, The Mandarins is the emotional odyssey of a woman torn between her inner desire and her public life.The Mandarins won France's highest literary prize, the Prix Goncourt.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 752 pages
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Publication Date May 3rd 2005
- First Publication 10/21/54
- Language English
- ISBN 9780007203949
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Paris (France)']
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