{"product_id":"the-prime-of-life-peter-green","title":"The Prime of Life (Peter Green)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second volume in Simone de Beauvoir's celebrated autobiography recalls her formative years in Paris when she began to emerge as a public figure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1960, \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Life\u003c\/i\u003e offers an intimate, captivating picture of Simone de Beauvoir in her twenties, thirties and forties. Beginning as a recent graduate from the Sorbonne teaching high-school girls, we see de Beauvoir revel in the freedom her new financial independence brings. We see her and Jean-Paul Sartre recognise the powerful romantic and intellectual partnership they have found in one another, as they fall in love and define their own unconventional parameters. The Second World War comes, bringing austerity, violence and questions of the reality of freedom and individual responsibility into de Beauvoir's life. As relevant and penetrating as when first published, \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Life\u003c\/i\u003e offers rare insight into a truly fascinating mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSimone de Beauvoir\u003c\/b\u003e (1908-86) was a French philosopher, novelist and essayist, and the lifelong companion of Jean-Paul Sartre. De Beauvoir's first book, \u003ci\u003eL'Invitée\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1943. In 1945 she published \u003ci\u003eLe Sang des autres\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel dealing with the question of political involvement. De Beauvoir's breakthrough work was the semi-autobiographical \u003ci\u003eLes Mandarins\u003c\/i\u003e (1954), which won the Prix Goncourt. Roman Catholic authorities banned it and de Beauvoir's feminist classic \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex \u003c\/i\u003e(1949), in which de Beauvoir argued that \"one is not born a woman; one becomes one\".\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 656 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65849822576989,"sku":"K097237734","price":13.1,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9723773400001A.jpg?v=1788799772","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-prime-of-life-peter-green","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}