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The Inseparables
by Simone de Beauvoir
THE INSEPARABLES by SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR translated by LAUREN ELKIN
As soon as I realised this book had been realised, I scurried to my local bookshop to purchase it and I read it straight away. I couldn’t put it down. I didn’t want to put it down and I certainly didn’t want it to end.
You may know de Beauvoir as the author of The Second Sex; a seminal feminist work, or perhaps you know her as a contemporary of Jean Paul Satre, the existential philosopher. You, unlike I, may have also known her as a writer of fiction. Either way, whether you’ve heard of her or not, you should read this.
It is being marketed as the ‘recently discovered last novel by de Beauvoir’, which — admittedly — reeled me right in! It is also semi-autobiographical, as the girl it follows is based on a friend de Beauvoir had as a child and young woman. It had whispers of Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend about it — probably because it was told from the point of view of one girl who idolised her friend so much so it almost seemed like love.
The writing and translation were brilliant; effortless. I cannot rave about this book enough! I really loved it.
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As soon as I realised this book had been realised, I scurried to my local bookshop to purchase it and I read it straight away. I couldn’t put it down. I didn’t want to put it down and I certainly didn’t want it to end.
You may know de Beauvoir as the author of The Second Sex; a seminal feminist work, or perhaps you know her as a contemporary of Jean Paul Satre, the existential philosopher. You, unlike I, may have also known her as a writer of fiction. Either way, whether you’ve heard of her or not, you should read this.
It is being marketed as the ‘recently discovered last novel by de Beauvoir’, which — admittedly — reeled me right in! It is also semi-autobiographical, as the girl it follows is based on a friend de Beauvoir had as a child and young woman. It had whispers of Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend about it — probably because it was told from the point of view of one girl who idolised her friend so much so it almost seemed like love.
The writing and translation were brilliant; effortless. I cannot rave about this book enough! I really loved it.
#simonedebeauvoir #theinseparables #book #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookreviewer #bookstagrammer