Very Easy DeathSimone de Beauvoir
Very Easy Death
by Simone de Beauvoir · first published 1966
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…would have imagined that she would appeal to the HN audience. Beyond the Second Sex, which has significant status in the history of feminism, her autobiographical Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter and A Very Easy Death are beautiful reads that show her insight and self-awareness; I would recommend them. For accessible general reading about the existentialists, including Beauvoir, I enjoyed At The Existentialist Café…
on “Simone de Beauvoir’s relationship with her readers” ↗…since his presence calls the world into question. All men must die: but for every man his death is an accident and, even if he knows it and consents to it, an unjustifiable violation. (quotation from A Very Easy Death via https://martyhalpern.blogspot.com/2011/04/j-r-r-tolkien-quot...)
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