Yikilmis Kabin

by Simone de Beauvoir

1967 · 228 pages

french language materials
french short stories
french fiction
women
short stories (single author)
indians of south america

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About this book

One of the most influential thinkers of her generationdraws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises in these three “immensely intelligent stories about the decay of passion” (The Sunday Herald Times).

Suffused with de Beauvoir’s remarkable insights into women, The Woman Destroyed gives us a legendary writer at her best. Includes "The Age of Discretion," "The Monologue," and "The Woman Destroyed."

"Witty, immensely adroit...These three women are believable individuals presented with a wry mixture of sympathy and exasperation." —The Atlantic

Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir

From Wikiquote

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
The Communists, following Hegel, speak of humanity and its future as of some monolithic individuality. I was attacking this illusion.
Il n'y a pas de mort naturelle: rien de ce qui arrive à l'homme n'est jamais naturel puisque sa présence met le monde en question. Tous les hommes sont mortels: mais pour chaque homme sa mort est un accident et, même s'il la connaît et y consent, une violence indue.