Face-to-face: Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir

Author: Hazel Rowley
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: They are one of the world's most legendary couples. The relationship between Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre—two passionate and open-minded intellectual giants—was once shrouded in controversy, especially their notorious entanglements with young Olga Kosachév and others, which sparked endless debates. Beyond the buried historical truths mentioned above, readers will also see in this book Sartre's shocking rejection of the Nobel Prize, "disdaining all worldly honors," and how he and Beauvoir bravely plunged into the world's anti-war movement. Their works have had an immeasurable impact on modern thought, but when it comes to Beauvoir and Sartre, people more often think of their lifestyle. Their story is great—and this is exactly what Beauvoir and Sartre wanted.