The Prime of LifeThe formative years 1929 through 1944 in the remarkable life of the celebrated feminist and writer, one of the few great women of her time (Newsweek). Beauvoir covers her legendary relationship with Sartre, the rise of fasci sm in Europe and the occupation of France, and her friendships with Camus, Giacometti, Picasso, and Lacan. |
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