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A dangerous liaison : a revelatory new biography of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre / Carole Seymour-Jones.

Seymour-Jones, Carole.
2009
848.914092 S521d 2009
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Title
A dangerous liaison : a revelatory new biography of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre / Carole Seymour-Jones.
Author
Seymour-Jones, Carole.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781590202685
1590202686
Imprint
New York : Overlook Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 574 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
848.914092 S521d 2009
System Control No.
(OCoLC)320798794
(OCoLC)320798794
Summary
Traces the more than fifty-year relationship shared by the writing-philosophy duo, describing it was shaped by evolving modes of thought as well as Sartre's alcoholism, DeBeauvoir's lesbianism, and their controversial political affiliations.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-561) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The pursuit of happiness 1905-38
The dark years 1939-44
Écrivains engagés 1945-56
False gods 1952-68
The farewell ceremony 1969-86.
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