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Tete-A-Tete: The Lives and Loves of Simone de Beauvoir & Jean-Paul Sartre
Hazel Rowley
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paperback. They are one of the world's legendary couples. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre - those passionate, free-thinking Existentialist philosopher-writers - had a committed but notoriously open union that generated no end of controversy. Through original interviews and access to new primary sources, Hazel Rowley portrays them up close. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 334. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. Lightly toned, remains very good
They are one of the world's legendary couples. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre - those passionate, free-thinking Existentialist philosopher-writers - had a committed but notoriously open union that generated no end of controversy. Through original interviews and access to new primary sources, Hazel Rowley portrays them up close: their romantic entanglements, their Parisian café society circle, their discussions of each other's work. Theirs is a great story - and a great story is precisely what they most wanted their lives to be.
They are one of the world's legendary couples. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre - those passionate, free-thinking Existentialist philosopher-writers - had a committed but notoriously open union that generated no end of controversy. Through original interviews and access to new primary sources, Hazel Rowley portrays them up close: their romantic entanglements, their Parisian café society circle, their discussions of each other's work. Theirs is a great story - and a great story is precisely what they most wanted their lives to be.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099455547
SKU
KSG0038832
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Hazel Rowley
Born in London and brought up partly in Australia (where she taught at Deakin University, Melbourne) Hazel Rowley is the author of two previous books of nonfiction: Christina Stead: A Biography and Richard Wright: The Life and Times. Her awards include Rockefeller and Radcliffe Fellowships, and the National Book Award from Australia. She divides her time between New York and Paris.
Reviews for Tete-A-Tete: The Lives and Loves of Simone de Beauvoir & Jean-Paul Sartre
"An elegant, concise, gossipy account... heartbreaking and compelling"
Financial Times
"Refreshingly unpretentious. It may be the book that Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir wished to be written about their shared life"
Sunday Times
"Rowley tells [the story] with compelling vigour... What is wonderful about Rowley's book, aside from its readability, is that she catches the intellectual excitement as well, the intimacy of thought"
Brian Morton
Sunday Herald
"[Rowley] manages to recapture the charm and the brilliance of the relationship in its early stages, which makes her story all the more poignant and depressing"
Scotsman
"Marvellous ... A born storyteller"
Serena Davies
Telegraph
Financial Times
"Refreshingly unpretentious. It may be the book that Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir wished to be written about their shared life"
Sunday Times
"Rowley tells [the story] with compelling vigour... What is wonderful about Rowley's book, aside from its readability, is that she catches the intellectual excitement as well, the intimacy of thought"
Brian Morton
Sunday Herald
"[Rowley] manages to recapture the charm and the brilliance of the relationship in its early stages, which makes her story all the more poignant and depressing"
Scotsman
"Marvellous ... A born storyteller"
Serena Davies
Telegraph