The Image of Her
$29.75
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2025
Summary
A compelling novel about the requirement to be perfect, without losing sight of yourself - by the greatest feminist of the twentieth-century, Simone de Beauvoir.
Laurence is a woman who appears to live an ideal life. Weekends in the country, weekdays in Paris - her life features all the trappings of 1960s French bourgeoisie. She has money, a handsome husband, two daughters and a lover. She also has a successful career as an advertising copywriter, though her mind unbidden writes copy …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784879907 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784879908 |
| Author: | Simone de Beauvoir, Lauren Elkin |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 281g |
| Dimensions: | 206mm x 136mm x 22mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
This timeless and surprisingly jocular novel has the same richness of feeling and continental sophistication as Annie Ernaux’s auto-fiction, plus a dash of the wealthy carelessness found in F Scott Fitzgerald’s best known works… It’s the best book I’ve read so far this year * The Times *
Only the best books can connect you to the past in the way this one does… And de Beauvoir’s writing takes your breath away * Country & Town House, Christmas Gift Guide 2025 *
About The Author
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the agregation in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at the lycees at Marseille and Rouen from 1931-1937, and in Paris from 1938-1943. After the war, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on Les Temps Mordernes. The author of several books including The Mandarins (1957) which was awarded the Prix Goncourt, de Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986.
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