Noble Style (Part 1 & 2)

Author: Simone de Beauvoir (France)
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
Features: This book is a magnificent masterpiece by Simone de Beauvoir, following her work The Second Sex. With a powerful and incisive pen, the author profoundly portrays the lives of a group of intellectuals in post-World War II France who are lost yet striving: there are writers who, despite enduring hardships, remain steadfast in their belief in life; there are psychoanalysts who disdain fame yet never cease to feel restless; there are philosophers who are ambitious yet ultimately end in obscurity; there are singers who yearn for physical intimacy and experience a full revival of their sensuality. With the cold detachment of a philosopher and the tenderness of a female writer, the author vividly depicts their pursuits and disillusionments, hopes and disappointments, descents into despair and rises to resilience, making this novel a mirror reflecting that era.