The Mandarins

In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. In fictionally relating the stories of those around her -- Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Arthur Koestler, Nelson Algren -- de Beauvoir dissects the emotional and philosophical currents of her time. At once an engrossing drama and an intriguing political tale, The Mandarins is the emotional odyssey of a woman torn between her inner desires and her public life. Much more than a roman a clef . . . a moving and engrossing novel. -- New York Times

Author: Simone De Beauvoir
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 07/17/1999
Pages: 608
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780393318838
ISBN10: 0393318834
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary