Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter -

Simone de Beauvoir

Penguin Books

1963

365 páginas

12h 10m

ISBN-10: 0140020306

A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s.

She vividly evokes her friendships, love interests, mentors, and the early days of the most important relationship of her life, with fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre, against the backdrop of a turbulent time in France politically.

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4.5 (Muito bom)

Inquietante...

Ao terminar a leitura, me perguntei: Por que demorei tanto para descobrir esse livro? Foi uma leitura difícil, no sentido que foi "matigada" pacientemente e "degustada" em quantidades na medida certa. Não é um livro para se ler querendo chegar logo no final.