Tete-A-Tete : Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre by Hazel Rowley (2005, Hardcover)

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"Enthralling . . . Here we find an ugly, walleyed existentialist philosopher, the elegantly beautiful author of The Second Sex and the Gallic equivalent of a bevy of young starlets who share the bed of one or the other--or sometimes both. Readers will turn these pages alternately mesmerized and appalled." -- Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World Passionate, freethinking existentialist philosopher-writers Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre are one of the world's legendary couples. Their committed but notoriously open union generated no end of controversy in their day. Biographer Hazel Rowley offers the first dual portrait of these two colossal figures and their intense, often embattled relationship. Through original interviews and access to new primary sources, Rowley portrays Sartre and Beauvoir up close. T te- -T te magnificently details the passion, daring, humor, and contradictions of a remarkably unorthodox relationship.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060520590
ISBN-13
9780060520595
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44899946

Product Key Features

Book Title
Tete-A-Tete : Simone De Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre
Author
Hazel Rowley
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Philosophers, Women Authors, Movements / Existentialism, General, Literary, Women's Studies, Biblical Studies / Bibles Study Guides
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Religion, Social Science, Philosophy
Number of Pages
432 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
2.2in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
26.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pq2603.E362z873 2005
Reviews
Enormously rich and utterly absorbing . . . a short, concise, penetrating look into the famous couple who changed their century., Compulsively readable... The surprise page-turner of the season... [A] fascinating study of a passion that transcended convention., A lively and fulfilling portrait... [A] wonderfully crafted narrative... Thoroughly researched and well-written., [Rowley] draws from vast stores of published and unpublished writings, correspondence and interviews., Fascinating . . . A neatly assembled record of people behaving badly in the name of literature, philosophy and amour., Engrossing... Tells Beauvoir and Sartre's repellent, inspiring and unlikely tale more completely and concisely than it has ever been told.
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2005-040232
Illustrated
Yes