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She Came to Stay

By Simone De Beauvoir

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| Paperback | 9780393318845

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Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon to fall. Although Franoise considers her relationship with Pierre an open one, she falls prey to jealousy when the gamine Xavire caContinue

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well, if one's curious about Simone de Beauvoir's "triangle" love affair with Sartre and Olga, this book is a good source. However, readers can also find thoughts and discussion on existentialism, on the meaning and/or the meaninglessnee of one's existence, on one's co-existence with others, and as ... (continue)

well, if one's curious about Simone de Beauvoir's "triangle" love affair with Sartre and Olga, this book is a good source. However, readers can also find thoughts and discussion on existentialism, on the meaning and/or the meaninglessnee of one's existence, on one's co-existence with others, and as a whole. "She came to stay" is one of de Beauvoir's earliest works. In that case, can this book be seen as evidence on de Beauvoir's role and influence of the conceptualizing of existentialism?

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