Simone de Beauvoir

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Kortromanen Misforståelse i Moskva ble skrevet i 1966-67 og var i utgangspunktet tenkt som en del av novellesamlingen La Femme Rompue («Den ødelagte kvinnen»). Men Beauvoir ombestemte seg og byttet ut teksten med en annen. Kortromanen ble dermed først utgitt på fransk i bokform i 2013. Misforståelse i Moskva er beretningen om et middelaldrende ektepar i krise, som reiser til Moskva. Paret har motstridende forventninger både til hverandre og til livet som ligger foran dem. I likhet med novellene i La Femme Rompue, er omdreiningspunktet en kvinne som er desillusjonert i ekteskapet og i hverdagen. Her slipper også Beauvoir mannens synsvinkel til, slik at teksten pendler mellom kvinnens og mannens virkelighetsforståelse. I denne boken henter de Beauvoir inspirasjon fra de gjentatte reisene som hun og Jean-Paul Sartre gjorde til Sovjetunionen mellom 1962 og 1966 på invitasjon fra det sovjetiske forfatterforbundet. Med den kalde krigen og 1960-tallets Sovjet som bakteppe utspiller det seg et lavmælt og opprivende drama mellom ektefellene.

Finalist for the French-American Florence Gould Translation PrizeA novel by the iconic Simone de Beauvoir of an intense and vivid girlhood friendship that, unpublished in her lifetime, displays "Beauvoir's genius as a fiction writer" (Wall Street Journal) From the moment Sylvie and Andr e meet in their Parisian day school, they see in each other an accomplice with whom to confront the mysteries of girlhood. For the next ten years, the two are the closest of friends and confidantes as they explore life in a post-World War One France, and as Andr e becomes increasingly reckless and rebellious, edging closer to peril. Sylvie, insightful and observant, sees a France of clashing ideals and religious hypocrisy--and at an early age is determined to form her own opinions. Andr e, a tempestuous dreamer, is inclined to melodrama and romance. Despite their different natures they rely on each other to safeguard their secrets while entering adulthood in a world that did not pay much attention to the wills and desires of young women. Deemed too intimate to publish during Simone de Beauvoir's life, Inseparable offers fresh insight into the groundbreaking feminist's own coming-of-age; her transformative, tragic friendship with her childhood friend Zaza Lacoin; and how her youthful relationships shaped her philosophy. Sandra Smith's vibrant translation of the novel will be long cherished by de Beauvoir devotees and first-time readers alike.

En klassiker inden for erindringslitteraturen og en fængslende fortælling om en ung, intellektuel piges udvikling fra at være dybt religiøs til at blive en af de mest frihedssøgende kvinder i sin generation. En medrivende og øjenåbnende selvbiografi af en af det 20. århundredes mest indflydelsesrige litterære stemmer, Simone de Beauvoir. En velopdragen ung piges erindringer er et på én gang intimt og eksistentielt portræt af, hvordan det er at vokse op i en borgerlig fransk familie og som ung pige gøre oprør mod de sociale konventioner for til sidst at bryde ud af de stramme bånd. Det er et portræt af en kvinde, der drives af en ukuelig frihedslængsel og eksistentielle og intellektuelle ambitioner. Simone de Beauvoir beskriver sit liv fra fødslen i 1908 til studentertiden på Sorbonne, hvor hun møder Jean-Paul Sartre. Nyoversat af Lilian Munk Rösing og Birte Dahlgreen.

The lost novel from the author of The Second SexWhen Andree joins her school, Sylvie is immediately fascinated. Andree 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. TRANSLATED BY LAUREN ELKIN - INTRODUCED BY DEBORAH LEVY 'Slim, elegant, achingly tragic and unaffectedly lovely in its evocation of the closeness between girls - and the pressures that sunder them' Spectator 'There were lines that absolutely punched me in the gut' Anbara Salam'Gorgeously written, intelligent, passionate' Oprah Daily'Elegantly translated...a rich and rewarding novella' Literary Review

De oskiljaktiga skildrar en passionerad vänskap mellan två rebelliska skolflickor. Den behärskade Sylvie (Simone de Beauvoir) blir omedelbart charmad av sin nya klasskamrat, den glada, intelligenta och vågade Andrée (Elisabeth "Zaza" Lacoin). Hon beundrar Andrée och gör allt för att bli vän med henne. Tillsammans växer de upp och befriar sig från samtidens kvävande konventioner och omgivningens förväntningar. De blir snart oskiljaktiga, tills den dag då Andrée går ett hemskt öde till mötes. De oskiljaktiga ansågs alltför avslöjande och intim för att publiceras under författarens livstid. Den skrevs 1954, fem år efter utgivningen av Det andra könet. Manuskriptet återupptäcktes av Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir, Simones dotter, som även skrivit bokens förord. Berättelsen och bokens fotografier, anteckningar och brev gör publiceringen till en litterär händelse. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR (1908 1986) var en fransk Goncourtprisbelönt författare och filosof. Tillsammans med sin livskamrat Jean-Paul Sartre var hon en viktig företrädare för den franska existentialismen. Mest känd är hon för den feministiska klassikern Det andra könet. "En otrolig bok som blandar intelligent och djup dialog, med verkliga brevväxlingar från Simone och Zaza." Hanna Bergström, Nöjesguiden "Simone de Beauvoirs prosa - utmärkt översatt av Kristoffer Leandoer - är kristallklar. Analysen av de sociala relationerna likaså [...] en idéroman och en uppväxtskildring, kan man tänka sig något bättre?" Jenny Högström, Sydsvenskan "Fängslande om en tid som känns både långt borta och nära." Eva Åström, Expressen Söndag "Det är en välskriven och lättläst roman som sätter blickfånget på hur svårt det är att bryta sig loss från familjens-, samhällets-, den förhärskande religionens normer, vilket många kvinnor även idag brottas med." Maria Eriksson, Norran "Kristoffer Leandoer har gjort en fläckfri översättning med ett återhållet och precist språkbruk [...] vackert tillskott till ett författarskap som är ständigt aktuellt" Maria Ramnehill, Hallands Nyheter "en alldeles underbart skriven bok. Om någon har missat att de Beauvoir inte bara var en briljant filosof utan även en av 1900-talets viktigaste romanförfattare så är De oskiljaktiga en tänkbar ingång." Rasmus Landström, Dagens ETC

Kortromanen De uadskillelige ble skrevet i 1954 og har ikke vært utgitt tidligere. Den handler om det lidenskapelige vennskapet mellom Sylvie og Andrée - virkelighetens Simone de Beauvoir og Elisabeth Lacoin (Zaza) - fra de var ni år gamle. Andrée er morsom, frekk og tøff, og Sylvie, som er mer tradisjonell og sjenert, kjenner en uimotståelig dragning. I romanen skildrer forfatteren sin store ungdomskjærlighet til venninnen Zaza. Zazas tragiske død, fremprovosert av fordommene og påbudene som preget datidens samfunn, skulle hjemsøke Simone de Beauvoir resten av livet. De uadskillelige iscenesetter den seksuelle og intellektuelle oppvåkningen til to «veloppdragne» og opprørske unge jenter i et miljø som forsøker å hindre dem i å bli frie og tenkende kvinner og lukke dem inne i rollen som hustru og mor i samfunnets tjeneste. Teksten skildrer med sinnsbevegelse og skarpsyn erfaringene som ligger til grunn for den store feministiske filosofens opprør og verk - hennes dramatiske frigjøring og det fundamentale motsetningsforholdet mellom de intellektuelle og de rettenkende, senere grunnlaget for En veloppdragen ung pikes erindringer.

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Finalist for the French-American Florence Gould Translation PrizeA novel by the iconic Simone de Beauvoir of an intense and vivid girlhood friendship that, unpublished in her lifetime, displays "Beauvoir's genius as a fiction writer" (Wall Street Journal) From the moment Sylvie and Andr e meet in their Parisian day school, they see in each other an accomplice with whom to confront the mysteries of girlhood. For the next ten years, the two are the closest of friends and confidantes as they explore life in a post-World War One France, and as Andr e becomes increasingly reckless and rebellious, edging closer to peril. Sylvie, insightful and observant, sees a France of clashing ideals and religious hypocrisy--and at an early age is determined to form her own opinions. Andr e, a tempestuous dreamer, is inclined to melodrama and romance. Despite their different natures they rely on each other to safeguard their secrets while entering adulthood in a world that did not pay much attention to the wills and desires of young women. Deemed too intimate to publish during Simone de Beauvoir's life, Inseparable offers fresh insight into the groundbreaking feminist's own coming-of-age; her transformative, tragic friendship with her childhood friend Zaza Lacoin; and how her youthful relationships shaped her philosophy. Sandra Smith's vibrant translation of the novel will be long cherished by de Beauvoir devotees and first-time readers alike.

Ny udgave med introducerende forord af filosof Tone Grosen Dandanell. DET ANDET KØN bind 1 og 2 er et hovedværk i kvindefrigørelsens historie, der giver anledning til diskussion den dag i dag. Til både mænd og kvinder, der vil blive klogere på relationen mellem kønnene. I DET ANDET KØN beskriver Simone de Beauvoir flere århundreders syn på kvinder i biologien, psykoanalysen, litteraturen, religionen og filosofien for at påvise, hvordan meget af det, man i 1949 anså for kendsgerninger, blot var myter. ”Man fødes ikke som kvinde, man bliver det”, skriver Simone de Beauvoir – og skildrer bedre end nogen anden den kulturelle arv, der stadig skaber ulighed i dag. DET ANDET KØN vakte begejstring og skandale, da den udkom i 1949 – og blev bl.a. blev fordømt af paven. Med nyt introducerende forord af filosof Tone Grosen Dandanell.

Political Writings offers an abundance of newly translated essays by Simone de Beauvoir that demonstrate a heretofore unknown side of her political philosophy. The writings in this volume range from Beauvoir's surprising 1952 defense of the misogynistic eighteenth-century pornographer, the Marquis de Sade, to a co-written 1974 documentary film, transcribed here for the first time, which draws on Beauvoir's analysis of how socioeconomic privilege shapes the biological reality of aging. The volume traces nearly three decades of Beauvoir's leftist political engagement, from exposés of conditions in fascist Spain and Portugal in 1945 and hard-hitting attacks on right-wing French intellectuals in the 1950s, to the 1962 defense of an Algerian freedom fighter, Djamila Boupacha, and a 1975 article arguing for what is now called the "two-state solution" in Israel. Together these texts prefigure Beauvoir's later feminist activism and provide a new interpretive context for reading her multi-volume autobiography, while also shedding new light on French intellectual history during the turbulent era of decolonization.

The philosopher's writings on, and engagement with, twentieth century feminism By turns surprising and revelatory, this sixth volume in the Beauvoir Series presents newly discovered writings and lectures while providing new translations and contexts for Simone de Beauvoir's more familiar writings. Spanning Beauvoir's career from the 1940s through 1986, the pieces explain the paradoxes in her political and feminist stances, including her famous 1972 announcement of a "conversion to feminism" after decades of activism on behalf of women. Feminist Writings documents and contextualizes Beauvoir's thinking, writing, public statements, and activities in the services of causes like French divorce law reform and the rights of women in the Iranian Revolution. In addition, the volume provides new insights into Beauvoir's complex thinking and illuminates her historic role in linking the movements for sexual freedom, sexual equality, homosexual rights, and women's rights in France.

Simone de Beauvoir, still a teen, began a diary while a philosophy student at the Sorbonne. Written in 1926-27-before Beauvoir met Jean-Paul Sartre-the diaries reveal previously unknown details about her life and times and offer critical insights into her early intellectual interests, philosophy, and literary works. Presented for the first time in translation, this fully annotated first volume of the Diary includes essays from Barbara Klaw and Margaret A. Simons that address its philosophical, historical, and literary significance. It remains an invaluable resource for tracing the development of Beauvoir’s independent thinking and her influence on philosophy, feminism, and the world.

"The Useless Mouths" and Other Literary Writings brings to English-language readers literary writings--several previously unknown--by Simone de Beauvoir. Culled from sources including various American university collections, the works span decades of Beauvoir's career. Ranging from dramatic works and literary theory to radio broadcasts, they collectively reveal fresh insights into Beauvoir's writing process, personal life, and the honing of her philosophy. The volume begins with a new translation of the 1945 play The Useless Mouths, written in Paris during the Nazi occupation. Other pieces were discovered after Beauvoir's death in 1986, such as the 1965 short novel "Misunderstanding in Moscow," involving an elderly French couple who confront their fears of aging. Two additional previously unknown texts include the fragmentary "Notes for a Novel," which contains the seed of what she later would call "the problem of the Other," and a lecture on postwar French theater titled Existentialist Theater. The collection notably includes the eagerly awaited translation of Beauvoir's contribution to a 1965 debate among Jean-Paul Sartre and other French writers and intellectuals, "What Can Literature Do?" Prefaces to well-known works such as Bluebeard and Other Fairy Tales,La Bâtarde, and James Joyce in Paris: His Final Years are also available in English for the first time, alongside essays and other short articles. A landmark contribution to Beauvoir studies and French literary studies, the volume includes informative and engaging introductory essays by prominent and rising scholars. Contributors are Meryl Altman, Elizabeth Fallaize, Alison S. Fell, Sarah Gendron, Dennis A. Gilbert, Laura Hengehold, Eleanore Holveck, Terry Keefe, J. Debbie Mann, Frederick M. Morrison, Catherine Naji, Justine Sarrot, Liz Stanley, Ursula Tidd, and Veronique Zaytzeff.

Provocative insights into Beauvoir's philosophical and personal development during wartime Written from September 1939 to January 1941, Simone de Beauvoir’s Wartime Diary gives English readers unabridged access to a scandalous text that threatened to overturn traditional views of Beauvoir’s life and work. Beauvoir's clandestine affair with Jacques Bost and sexual relationships with various young women challenge the conventional picture of Beauvoir as the devoted companion of Jean-Paul Sartre. At the same time, her account of completing her novel She Came to Stay at a time when Sartre had just begun Being and Nothingness questions the traditional view of Beauvoir’s novel as merely illustrating Sartre’s philosophy. Wartime Diary also traces Beauvoir's philosophical transformation as she broke from the prewar solipsism of She Came to Stay in favor of the postwar political engagement of The Second Sex. Beauvoir's emerging existentialist ethics reflect the dramatic collective experiences of refugees fleeing German invasion and life under Nazi occupation. The evolution of her thought also reveals the courageous reaffirmation of her individuality in constructing a humanist ethics of freedom and solidarity. This edition also features previously unpublished material, including her musings about consciousness and order, recommended reading lists, and notes on labor unions. In providing new insights into Beauvoir’s philosophical development, the Wartime Diary promises to rewrite a crucial chapter of Western philosophy and intellectual history.

De uadskillelige er en roman om venskabet mellem de to piger Sylvie og Andrée. Allerede fra første møde bliver Sylvie fascineret af den smukke og vidende Andrée - hun vil gøre alt for at vinde hendes opmærksomhed og få hende til at gengælde sin kærlighed. Et tæt venskab vokser frem, men hele tiden i skyggen af Andrées stormfulde forelskelser, lunefulde temperament og dominerende mor. Sylvie prøver at få Andrée til at kæmpe for sin frihed og tidens begrænsende konventioner, men inden de ser sig om, er det for sent. Bogen er et unikt indblik i det venskab og den tid, der fik afgørende indflydelse på Simone de Beauvoirs liv og forfatterskab. Det er en roman om kærlighed og venskab, om frihed, restriktioner og store tab. Udgives i SKALA-serien i Lilian Munk Rösing og Birte Dahlgreens oversættelse, med efterord af Lilian Munk Rösing og Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir. Denne bog er oversat af Birte Dahlgreen og Lilian Munk Rösing.