The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir
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“@MarcieBianco That book so deeply influenced me and rereading it just makes me feel a little defeated. | For young women, I get The Second Sex, which I read when I was studying in Paris.”
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Nonfiction, Philosophy, and Feminist.
Newly translated and unabridged in English for the first time, Simone de Beauvoir?s masterwork is a powerful analysis of the Western notion of ?woman,? and a groundbreaking exploration of inequality and otherness. This longawaited new edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were cut in the first English translatio...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Nonfiction, Philosophy, and Feminist.
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Laura R Walker
“@MarcieBianco That book so deeply influenced me and rereading it just makes me feel a little defeated. | For young women, I get The Second Sex, which I read when I was studying in Paris.”
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“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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