HAZEL ROWLEY

Sobre la tormentosa —y fructífera— pareja Sartre- Beauvoir se ha escrito mucho, aunque sin duda la autora de esta crónica sentimental e intelectual llega más lejos, al ofrecernos información novedosa

This new edition of Hazel Rowleys highly acclaimed biography of Christina Stead brings to life one of the most important literary figures of her age. Christina Stead left Australia in 1928, aged twenty-six, for Europe, not to return to Australia until she was seventy-two. An intensely private person, Stead lived a life that was stormy, eccentric and brave. Steads fiction was large and passionate, original and challenging, as was her life. Hazel Rowleys compelling biography is a vigorous, penetrating and sympathetic chronicle of Steads life and times.

Enthralling . . . Here we find an ugly, walleyed existentialist philosopher, the elegantly beautiful author of The Second Sex and the Gallic equivalent of a bevy of young starlets who share the bed of one or the other--or sometimes both. Readers will turn these pages alternately mesmerized and appalled. Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book WorldPassionate, freethinking existentialist philosopher-writers Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre are one of the worlds legendary couples. Their committed but notoriously open union generated no end of controversy in their day. Biographer Hazel Rowley offers the first dual portrait of these two colossal figures and their intense, often embattled relationship. Through original interviews and access to new primary sources, Rowley portrays Sartre and Beauvoir up close.Tete-a-Tete magnificently details the passion, daring, humor, and contradictions of a remarkably unorthodox relationship.But could a bond forged in radical freedom survive the pressures of fame, politics, and the jealousy of their many other lovers?The Pact of an Open Relationship: The story of their committed but famously open union, where essential love coexisted with a revolving door of contingent affairssometimes shared. A Definitive Dual Portrait: Go beyond the individual myths to see Sartre and Beauvoir up close for the first time, detailing their intense, often embattled connection through new sources and original interviews. Existentialism in Practice: Witness how two of the 20th centurys greatest minds attempted to live their philosophy of freedom, confronting questions of ethics, jealousy, and responsibility in their daily lives. Parisian Intellectuals in a Time of Tumult: Explore the vibrant and volatile world of mid-century Paris, from the cafes of Saint-Germain-des-Pres to the political upheavals of World War II and the Cold War.

Biografia focada na relação amorosa de Jean-Paul Sartre e Simone de Beauvoir confirma a enorme influência do casal de escritores sobre o pensamento político e a moral de sua época.O impacto da obra d