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A día de hoy me pregunto por qué no he dado cinco estrellas a todos y cada uno de los libros de Simone, especialmente a sus memorias, porque sinceramente en mi cabeza todos y cada uno de ellos son totalmente invalorables, las cinco estrellas se quedan siempre cortas. El momento en que un libro de Si Leggi tutto

In the second volume of her memoirs, Simone de Beauvoir tells you what it was like to be a young woman living with Sartre. There were many interesting surprises. I hadn't realized what a natural gift for languages he had - there was an incident when someone thought he might be a spy, because his Ger Leggi tutto

god i love beauvoir so much (mon avis complet : https://booksfromtheunderground.tumbl... )

By the end of the first volume of her memoirs, de Beauvoir has decided what she doesn't want to be--a dutiful daughter of the French bourgeoisie. The second volume is about what she decides to become instead--a writer, a thinker, an explorer of the physical and intellectual world, a participant in t Leggi tutto

4,5 Solitamente inizio le recensioni dei libri con la frase che mi ha colpito di più, ma in questo caso è stato impossibile. Questa biografia è ricca di frasi stimolanti, che invitano il lettore alla riflessione, e sceglierne soltanto una non è possibile. Questo libro mi è piaciuto molto, nonostante l Leggi tutto

The Prime of Life is Simone de Beauvoir's memoirs of her 20's and 30's in the pre-war and then occupied France until the liberation of Paris in 1944. She recollects her youth with Sartre and the bohemian circle of friends they were a part of. I found her style of writing very appealing - it is hones Leggi tutto