La terza età

I see reviewers here complaining that La vieillesse is boring, or disorganised, or outdated gerontology or whatever, but with all due respect I think this is missing the point. Simone de Beauvoir, now in her early sixties, is a distinguished author and philosopher characterised by her calm, lucid wa Leggi tutto

I might have never discovered this book had I not stumbled upon it on the sale rack at Salvation Army. An encyclopedic examination on the process of aging from a physiological, spiritual, and cultural - ancient and modern, Eastern and Western - perspectives. Impeccably written, the language and exte Leggi tutto

Por su cadencia es un libro que toma su tiempo, sin embargo me ha gustado mucho. Inicialmente no pude evitar cuestionarme acerca de la validez del mismo ya que en muchos casos aludía a data o eventos bastante distantes en el tiempo, pero en el camino hallé enriquecedor entender este tema desde mucho Leggi tutto

مثل جنس اول، کتابی استقرایی و پرجزییات است که باید خواننده با در کنار هم قرار دادن فکت ها و داده های مختلف تاریخی به نتیجه برسد.سالخوردگی توصیفی حیرت انگیز از دوران شکوهمند کهنسالی است. Leggi tutto

Sometime back, during a college reunion, D's friend mentioned how she was shocked when she realised that she (and therefore us) were 'those people' who were being referred to as 'middle aged'. A couple of years ago, I had written a blog post on entering the second half of my life, which I was hoping Leggi tutto

I ended up reading this book in two disjoint sessions (had to return to library in the middle--it's over 500 pages long), so some of my memory of it is not as sharp as it otherwise might be. This book has great promise, and although it's good, the promise is ultimately not fulfilled. As I understand Leggi tutto

A vital topic by the writer who has probably been the single biggest intellectual influence of my life, with a lot of the sharp moments and compelling aphorisms that de Beauvoir delivered so regularly... But, still, oof. It's just a lot of stuff in service of not as much insight. I hate being the gu Leggi tutto