EAN: 9780063075047

INSEPARABLE - SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR GEBUNDEN

Finalist for the French-American Florence Gould Translation Prize A novel by the iconic Simone
de Beauvoir of an intense and vivid girlhood friendship that  unpublished in her lifetime 
displays ?Beauvoir's genius as a fiction writer? (Wall Street Journal) From the moment Sylvie
and Andrée meet in their Parisian day school  they see in each other an accomplice with whom to
confront the mysteries of girlhood. For the next ten years  the two are the closest of friends
and confidantes as they explore life in a post-World War One France  and as Andrée becomes
increasingly reckless and rebellious  edging closer to peril. Sylvie  insightful and observant
sees a France of clashing ideals and religious hypocrisy?and at an early age is determined to
form her own opinions. Andrée  a tempestuous dreamer  is inclined to melodrama and romance.
Despite their different natures they rely on each other to safeguard their secrets while
entering adulthood in a world that did not pay much attention to the wills and desires of young
women. Deemed too intimate to publish during Simone de Beauvoir's life  Inseparable offers
fresh insight into the groundbreaking feminist's own coming-of-age  her transformative  tragic
friendship with her childhood friend Zaza Lacoin  and how her youthful relationships shaped her
philosophy. Sandra Smith's vibrant translation of the novel will be long cherished by de
Beauvoir devotees and first-time readers alike.

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