The Mandarins
New York, NY, USA: The World Publishing Company, 1956. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Existentialist philosopher, writer, feminist activist, and educator Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) is most famous for her 1949 publication of The Second Sex on the history and status of women in society. Her life and literary career were tied to that of Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) as her paramour, a relationship she referred to as a “soul partnership,”..... More
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