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Beauvoir

British  
/ bovwar /

noun

  1. See de Beauvoir

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They certainly make for a more intriguing narrative arc by helping us define Sheinbaum, in Beauvoir’s words, “in herself.”

From Salon

Throughout the novel, Rhys references Kant, De Beauvoir, Sartre, Virginia Woolf and Epictetus, among others, using knowledge as a balm and escape hatch.

From Los Angeles Times

I was thinking about relationships between Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir and this kind of the dynamic between an intellectual couple of a certain era.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, she suggested they should read Sylvia Plath, Simone de Beauvoir or Charlotte Bronte.

From Salon

Ms. Chen was lounging in the attic reading nook of a bookstore, perusing the Simone de Beauvoir novel “All Men Are Mortal.”

From New York Times