A captivating novella about long-term relationships,getting older and how to live a good life,by the great Simone de Beauvoir.
Nicole and Andre,a retired French couple,take a summer holiday to Russia. It is the 1960s and Russia is a beautiful,complicated place. Their guide is Macha,Andre's daughter from a previous relationship - a woman they both love. Adventure,inspiration,good food and good vodka are promised.
Once thrilled by their romance,Nicole and Andre have now become too used to each other. Both harbour a growing feeling of not being fully understood - of being alone. Father and daughter engage in the grand debates of East-West relations,nationalism and socialism. But getting older,long-term relationships and how to enjoy life turn out to be the more pressing issues.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784878252Number of pages: 128Weight: 96 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 7 mm
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'Simone de Beauvoir is a feminist icon. She didn't just write the feminist book,she wrote the movement's bible,The Second Sex'- Guardian
'A beautiful novel,depicting how aging intersects with life and love. Full marks'- Lyransnoblesser,Sweden
'Born from the challenge of transmitting ideas and real experiences into a story,Misunderstanding in Moscow relates the atmosphere of the cold war and the growing anxiety of aging'- Il manifesto,Italy
'The French writer and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir has drawn a nuanced portrait of an older couple'- 8weekly cultuur,Netherlands
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