{"product_id":"the-second-sex-paperback","title":"The Second Sex - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimone de Beauvoir\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eConstance Borde\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSheila Malovany-Chevallier\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe essential masterwork that has provoked and inspired generations of men and women.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"From Eve's apple to Virginia Woolf's room of her own, Beauvoir's treatise remains an essential rallying point, urging self-sufficiency and offering the fruit of knowledge.\" --\u003ci\u003eVogue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis unabridged edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were cut in the first English translation. Vital and groundbreaking, Beauvoir's pioneering and impressive text remains as pertinent today as when it was first published, and will continue to provoke and inspire generations of men and women to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIMONE DE BEAUVOIR was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the \u003ci\u003eagrégation\u003c\/i\u003e in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre. She taught at lycées at Marseille and Rouen from 1931 to 1937, and in Paris from 1938 to 1943. After the war, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on \u003ci\u003eLes Temps Modernes\u003c\/i\u003e. The author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Mandarins \u003c\/i\u003e(1957), which was awarded the Prix Goncourt, Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCONSTANCE BORDE and SHEILA MALOVANY-CHEVALLIER, both American, are longtime residents of France and former teachers at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJUDITH THURMAN, author of \u003ci\u003eIsak Dinesen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSecrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette, \u003c\/i\u003e is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 832\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.45 x 8.01 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52764926345523,"sku":"9780307277787","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YU1rNHVBRDFzZkVuRjlGZnRnQ3pTZz09.webp?v=1764604816","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-second-sex-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}