The woman destroyed; - Hardcover

Beauvoir, Simone De

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002219336 ISBN 13: 9780002219334

Publisher: Collins, 1969

Synopsis

Three long stories that draw the reader into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

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.

From the Back Cover:

"Witty, immensely adroit....These three women are believable individuals presented with a wry mixture of sympathy and exasperation."

-- The Atlantic

"A remarkable feat of empathy."

-- Times Literary Supplement

"Brilliant craftsmanship." -- Harper's

Cover photograph by Christine Rodin Cover design by Louise Fili

Pantheon Books, New York

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 1969
• ISBN 10: 0002219336
• ISBN 13: 9780002219334
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 255