Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir is the author of The Second Sex and the winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's highest honor, for The Mandarins.

Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir is the author of The Second Sex and the winner of the Prix Goncourt, France's highest honor, for The Mandarins.

Books by Simone de Beauvoir

  • The Mandarins

    Simone de Beauvoir

    Paperback, 1999

    "Salty, frank, and realistic." — San Francisco Chronicle
  • All Men Are Mortal

    Simone de Beauvoir, Leonard M. Friedman

    Paperback, 1992

    Probably de Beauvoir's strangest and most compelling novel, this is the captivating story of a beautiful young actress who revives a downcast stranger at a French resort.
  • The Coming of Age

    Simone de Beauvoir, Patrick O'Brian

    Paperback, 1996

    As the definitive study of the universal problem of growing old, The Coming of Age is "a brilliant achievement" (Marc Slonin, New York Times).
  • She Came to Stay

    Simone de Beauvoir

    Paperback, 1999

    "One of the most acute and thoughtful achievements of French fiction at mid-century." — New York Times