If I enjoyed any of de Beauvoir’s books it would be her autobiography .The first volume especially

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Perennial Classics) Paperback

Having just noticed she won the Prix Goncourt for the Mandarins I feel a littl eembarrassed by ,t own view that it’s not a true novel for me.However I see the hard work and the mass of material and ideas she deals with as evidence of a very brave  and bold mind.

The later autobiographies are interesting but always I have a sense of too much material,too much information.Of course for historical purposes they are no doubt very useful

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