{"product_id":"the-useless-mouths-and-other-simone-de-beauvoir-9780252036347","title":"The Useless Mouths and Other Literary Writings","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"The Useless Mouths\" and Other Literary Writings\u003c\/i\u003e brings to English-language readers literary writings--several previously unknown--by Simone de Beauvoir. Culled from sources including various American university collections, the works span decades of Beauvoir's career. Ranging from dramatic works and literary theory to radio broadcasts, they collectively reveal fresh insights into Beauvoir's writing process, personal life, and the honing of her philosophy. \u003cp\u003eThe volume begins with a new translation of the 1945 play \u003ci\u003eThe Useless Mouths, \u003c\/i\u003e written in Paris during the Nazi occupation. Other pieces were discovered after Beauvoir's death in 1986, such as the 1965 short novel \"Misunderstanding in Moscow,\" involving an elderly French couple who confront their fears of aging. Two additional previously unknown texts include the fragmentary \"Notes for a Novel,\" which contains the seed of what she later would call \"the problem of the Other,\" and a lecture on postwar French theater titled \u003ci\u003eExistentialist Theater.\u003c\/i\u003e The collection notably includes the eagerly awaited translation of Beauvoir's contribution to a 1965 debate among Jean-Paul Sartre and other French writers and intellectuals, \"What Can Literature Do?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrefaces to well-known works such as \u003ci\u003eBluebeard and Other Fairy Tales, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Bâtarde, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJames Joyce in Paris: His Final Years\u003c\/i\u003e are also available in English for the first time, alongside essays and other short articles. A landmark contribution to Beauvoir studies and French literary studies, the volume includes informative and engaging introductory essays by prominent and rising scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors are Meryl Altman, Elizabeth Fallaize, Alison S. Fell, Sarah Gendron, Dennis A. Gilbert, Laura Hengehold, Eleanore Holveck, Terry Keefe, J. Debbie Mann, Frederick M. Morrison, Catherine Naji, Justine Sarrot, Liz Stanley, Ursula Tidd, and Veronique Zaytzeff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simone De Beauvoir,Simone de Beauvoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252036344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252036347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.27w x 1.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/04\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012","brand":"Simone De Beauvoir","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086440116479,"sku":"9780252036347","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_743d5b88-8766-48dc-9db5-76e9e5162a7e.jpg?v=1769094680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-useless-mouths-and-other-simone-de-beauvoir-9780252036347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}