The Inseparables

Name: The Inseparables
Brand: Vintage Publishing
SKU: 9781784878467
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Vintage Classics French Series

By Simone de Beauvoir

Series: French Vintage Classics

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The Inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir is a poignant novel exploring the intense friendship between two girls, Sylvie and Andrée, in post-World War I France. Their bond faces challenges from societal expectations, personal aspirations, and familial pressures. Through their relationship, the book examines themes of individuality, freedom, and the transformative power of female friendship.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to deeply introspective narratives and complex female friendships. It's a captivating exploration of two women's lives and the emotional intensity that binds them, offering insight into Simone de Beauvoir's own experiences and philosophical ideas. If you appreciate rich character development and reflective storytelling, this book could be a memorable read.

The Inseparables

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VINTAGE CLASSICS FRENCH SERIES - beautiful flapped paperback editions showcasing the bestselling, most acclaimed French writers of the twentieth century.

The Inseparables is the lost novel from the author of The Second Sex.

When Andree joins her school, Sylvie is immediately fascinated. Andree is small for her age, but walks with the confidence of an adult. The girls become close. They talk for hours about equality, justice, war and religion; they lose respect for their teachers; they build a world of their own. But as the girls grow into young women, the pressures of society mount, threatening everything.

This novel was never published in Simone de Beauvoir's lifetime. It tells the story of the real-life friendship that shaped one of the most important thinkers and feminists of the twentieth century.

'Slim, elegant, achingly tragic and unaffectedly lovely in its evocation of the closeness between girls - and the pressures that sunder them' - Spectator

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The Inseparables has been praised for its poignant portrayal of friendship, exploring both its strength and fragility in a challenging world. Described as emotionally moving, the novella is noted for its tender and heartrending narrative that leaves a lasting impact on readers.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784878467

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Contributors:

Translated by Lauren Elkin
Introduction by Deborah Levy
Afterword by Sylvie le Bon de Beauvoir

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 120g

Pages: 144

Collections

Education & Reference Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Series: French Vintage Classics Simone de Beauvoir

About the Author

Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agregation in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at the lycees at Marseille and Rouen from 1931-1937, and in Paris from 1938-1943. After the war, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on Les Temps Mordernes. The author of several books including The Mandarins (1957) which was awarded the Prix Goncourt, de Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986.