A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir

A Very Easy Death

Simone de Beauvoir with Patrick O'Brian (Translator)

112 pages first pub 1964 (editions)

nonfiction memoir philosophy emotional reflective slow-paced
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A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the power of compassion when it is allied with acute intelligence” (The Sunday Telegraph...

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Moods

emotional 83%
reflective 81%
sad 71%
dark 37%
challenging 24%
tense 10%
informative 5%
inspiring 5%
hopeful 2%
mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

medium 48%
slow 27%
fast 24%

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