The Prime of Life"The author recalls her life in Paris in the formative years of 1929 to 1944, telling of her relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre and of Parisian intellectual life of the 1930s and 1940s"--Amazon.com description |
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Page 117
... afternoon the only refuge we could find was in the Underground . We amused ourselves by observing the conventions of English life . When women came down to breakfast in our hotel dining room they wore aston- ishing garments somewhere ...
... afternoon the only refuge we could find was in the Underground . We amused ourselves by observing the conventions of English life . When women came down to breakfast in our hotel dining room they wore aston- ishing garments somewhere ...
Page 259
... afternoon in the Dôme I spotted Thérèse wearing a wedding ring ; she told me she had recently got married to " one of her colleagues . " She was waiting for Pagniez , I was expecting Sartre ; all four of us finally spent an hour or two ...
... afternoon in the Dôme I spotted Thérèse wearing a wedding ring ; she told me she had recently got married to " one of her colleagues . " She was waiting for Pagniez , I was expecting Sartre ; all four of us finally spent an hour or two ...
Page 394
... afternoon I had ridden on ahead of Sartre and was waiting for him at a crossroads . A man called out to me , roaring with laughter , " Still waiting for him after all he's done to you ? " Autumn was in the air along the roads through ...
... afternoon I had ridden on ahead of Sartre and was waiting for him at a crossroads . A man called out to me , roaring with laughter , " Still waiting for him after all he's done to you ? " Autumn was in the air along the roads through ...
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