EAN: 9780241696453

DE BEAUVOIR SIMONE THE BLOOD OF OTHERS

Potent and vividly emotional  Simone de Beauvoir's captivating novel questions freedom and
individual responsibility in the face of brutality'These carefree faces  on which we allowed
our smiles to spread  were for others the mask of tragedy.'Jean Blomart  patriot leader against
the German forces of occupation  waits throughout an endless night for his wounded lover 
Hélène  to die. Told through memories of his and her life  The Blood of Others paints an
intense and moving picture of their love story and life in German occupied Paris during the
Second World War. In the face of a seemingly unstoppable force  Hélène and Jean are confronted
by the illusion of freedom and made to question their individual roles in the collective
struggle against fascism  with devastating consequences. First published in 1945  this powerful
novel resonates profoundly today and brings the ideas of one of the most important
existentialist thinkers to life in spellbinding prose. With an Introduction by Ali Smith.

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