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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Simone de Beauvoir , Euan CameronPublisher: Little, Brown Book Group Imprint: Virago Press Ltd Volume: 147 Dimensions: Width: 12.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.331kg ISBN: 9781860490026ISBN 10: 1860490026 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 28 September 1995 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews'Probably de Beauvoir's strangest and most compelling novel' Ingrams 'A writer whose tears for her characters freeze as they drop' Sunday Times Regina is a talented actress, a modern woman of her time, the 1940s. When she meets the unconventional Fosca, an ascetic who appears to subsist without eating, who she suspects as some kind of fakery. But gradually Fosca's story unfolds: born in 1279, he accepted immortality in a dare with a sorcerer, believing it to be the greatest prize life could hold. Now, more than six centuries later, having presided over the rise and fall of kingdoms, having watched a succession of wives, children and grandchildren die before him, he has come to regard his state as a curse. De Beauvoir chronicles Regina's changing feelings towards Fosca as he tells his story. The first British publication of this extraordinary novel is a timely reminder that Simone de Beavoir was a gifted, imaginative writer, as well as a great thinker. (Kirkus UK) Author InformationSimone de Beauvoir was a writer and philosopher. She is most famous for her landmark feminist text, The Second Sex, while her novel, The Mandarins, won France's highest literary honour: The Prix Goncourt. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |