The Mandarins (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393318838)

In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. In fictionally relating the stories of those around her -- Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Arthur Koestler, Nelson Algren -- de Beauvoir dissects the emotional and philosophical currents of her time. At once an engrossing drama and an intriguing political tale, The Mandarins is the emotional odyssey of a woman torn between her inner desires and her public life. "Much more than a roman a clef . . . a moving and engrossing novel." -- New York Times

Author: Simone de Beauvoir
ISBN-10: 0393318834
ISBN-13: 9780393318838
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 07/17/1999
Pages: 608
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 07/01/1999 pg. 37