The Prime of Life by Simone De Beauvoir
Is it an eagle? Is it a plane? No - it's Underpants Wonderpants to the rescue again Wiggle the fun dog finger puppet as you help Wonderpants save the day using his superpants power in this adventurous board book, brightly illustrated by Deborah Melmon and based on an original story by Peter Bently.
Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agregation in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at lycees at Marseille and Rouen from 1931 to 1937, and in Paris from 1938 to 1943. After the war, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on Les Temps Modernes. The author of several books, including The Mandarins (1957), which was awarded the Prix Goncourt, Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986. Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier, both American, are longtime residents of France and former teachers at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. Judith Thurman, author of Isak Dinesen and Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette, is a staff writer at The New Yorker.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140183344 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140183345 |
| Title | The Prime of Life |
| Author | Simone De Beauvoir |
| Series | Twentieth Century Classics S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1989-12-07 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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