The woman destroyed /
Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986,
The woman destroyed / Simone de Beauvoir ; translated from the French by Patrick O'Brian. - 254 pages ; 21 cm. - Pantheon modern writers series .
Translation of La femme rompue.
The age of discretion -- Monologue -- The woman destroyed.
These three long stories draw us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises. In the title story, the heroine's serenity is shattered when she learns that her husband is having an affair. In "The Age of Discretion," a successful, happily married professor finds herself increasingly distressed by her son's absorption in his young wife and her worldly values. In "The Monologue," a rich, spoiled woman, home alone on New Year's Eve, pours out a lifetime's rage and frustration in a harrowing diatribe. Enthralling as fiction, suffused with de Beauvoir's remarkable insights into women, The Woman Destroyed gives us a legendary writer at her best. Three long stories that draw the reader into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises.
9780394711034 (pbk.)
2013409191
1900-1999
French fiction--20th century--Translations into English.
Middle-aged women--France--Fiction.
Mentally ill women--France--Fiction.
France
Novels.
Fiction.
Translations.
843.914 BEA / 022293
The woman destroyed / Simone de Beauvoir ; translated from the French by Patrick O'Brian. - 254 pages ; 21 cm. - Pantheon modern writers series .
Translation of La femme rompue.
The age of discretion -- Monologue -- The woman destroyed.
These three long stories draw us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises. In the title story, the heroine's serenity is shattered when she learns that her husband is having an affair. In "The Age of Discretion," a successful, happily married professor finds herself increasingly distressed by her son's absorption in his young wife and her worldly values. In "The Monologue," a rich, spoiled woman, home alone on New Year's Eve, pours out a lifetime's rage and frustration in a harrowing diatribe. Enthralling as fiction, suffused with de Beauvoir's remarkable insights into women, The Woman Destroyed gives us a legendary writer at her best. Three long stories that draw the reader into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises.
9780394711034 (pbk.)
2013409191
1900-1999
French fiction--20th century--Translations into English.
Middle-aged women--France--Fiction.
Mentally ill women--France--Fiction.
France
Novels.
Fiction.
Translations.
843.914 BEA / 022293