The lost novel from the author of The Second SexWhen 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
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784878467Number of pages: 144Weight: 10 gDimensions: 116 x 197 x 130 mm
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(An) exquisitely simple tale... The Inseparables invites us to cherish friendship, and how it makes and breaks us in a precarious and cruel world.A short novel that will bring most to tears, it's loving,it's tender,it's heart wrenching and absolutely worth reading
Simone de Beauvoir
Visit the Simone de Beauvoir author pageDeborah Levy
Deborah Levy is a British novelist,short story writer,playwright and poet,whose proficiency across multiple literary forms marks her out as one of the great contemporary literary figures. Levy has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize twice,for Swimming Home and Hot Milk.
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