When Andrée joins her school, Sylvie is immediately fascinated. Andrée 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.
This 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.
'Slim, elegant, achingly tragic and unaffectedly lovely in its evocation of the closeness between girls - and the pressures that sunder them' Spectator
VINTAGE FRENCH CLASSICS - five masterpieces of French fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.
TRANSLATED BY LAUREN ELKIN - INTRODUCED BY DEBORAH LEVY
| ISBN: | 9781784878467 |
| Publication date: | 6th July 2023 |
| Author: | Simone de Beauvoir |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Series: | French Vintage Classics |
| Genres: |
Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction Feminism and feminist theory Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Coming of age Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Identity / belonging Fiction in translation |
When Andrée joins her school, Sylvie is immediately fascinated. Andrée 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.
This 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.
'Slim, elegant, achingly tragic and unaffectedly lovely in its evocation of the closeness between girls - and the pressures that sunder them' Spectator
VINTAGE FRENCH CLASSICS - five masterpieces of French fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.
TRANSLATED BY LAUREN ELKIN - INTRODUCED BY DEBORAH LEVY
The Inseparables features in the following genres: Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Feminism and feminist theory, Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Fiction in translation
The Inseparables is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Inseparables was written by Simone de Beauvoir and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
The Inseparables has 176 pages
Yes it is part of French Vintage Classics series
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