{"product_id":"9781784877187","title":"The Inseparables: The newly discovered novel from Simone de Beauvoir","description":"Author: de Beauvoir, Simone \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781784877187 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2022 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 176 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 11mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003eThis recently rediscovered novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex \u003c\/i\u003eis the compulsive story of two close friends growing up and falling apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe lost novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Andree joins her school, Sylvie is immediately fascinated. Andree is small for her age, but walks with the confidence of an adult. The girls become close. They talk for hours about equality, justice, war and religion; they lose respect for their teachers; they build a world of their own. But as the girls grow into young women, the pressures of society mount, threatening everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis novel was never published in Simone de Beauvoir's lifetime. It tells the story of the real-life friendship that shaped one of the most important thinkers and feminists of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRANSLATED BY LAUREN ELKIN - INTRODUCED BY DEBORAH LEVY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Slim, elegant, achingly tragic and unaffectedly lovely in its evocation of the closeness between girls - and the pressures that sunder them' \u003ci\u003eSpectator \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There were lines that absolutely punched me in the gut' Anbara Salam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gorgeously written, intelligent, passionate' \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Elegantly translated...a rich and rewarding novella' \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45496558321822,"sku":"UBD-9781784877187","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781784877187.jpg?v=1748231455","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781784877187","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}