false 19528 16 In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. In fictionally relating the stories of those around her --Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Arthur Koestler, Nelson Algren --de Beauvoir dissects the emotional and philosophical currents of her time. At once an engrossing drama and an intriguing political tale, The Mandarins is the emotional odyssey of a woman torn between her inner desires and her public life. 20761 1954 The Mandarins (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) total:393|5:145|4:134|3:88|2:18|1:8| 393 1569 717 46 4 13 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 20 16:30:22 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 17 16:20:32 -0800 2009 2 Les Mandarins, which I think is a pretty excellent novel, so let me try and explain what I think is good about it. To me, it's basically about what happens to people (particularly to women) when they realize that they are no longer young. This has several consequenc...more...]]> 5 4 false false Thu Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Fri Jan 23 22:39:34 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 22:43:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 01 05:28:33 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 05:40:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Mar 07 12:21:45 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 07 12:25:02 -0800 2007 4 1 false false Fri Jun 15 19:24:05 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 19:29:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 03:56:06 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 04:09:45 -0700 2009 i read it to follow through on my resolve to read more french and russian literature.
it's also a really interesting look at the hope for change t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 02 21:07:16 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 21:10:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jan 25 13:38:18 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 13:39:32 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 14 04:32:15 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 04:39:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 25 23:59:21 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 23:59:43 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Oct 30 17:42:43 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 15:45:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 17:42:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Jan 23 10:45:25 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 10:56:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 26 08:54:53 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 08:57:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Wed Jun 04 11:39:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 10:18:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 11 18:49:01 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 18:53:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Thu Jun 21 05:30:35 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 05:34:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 29 23:05:47 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 15:10:13 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 19:20:51 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 19:38:24 -0700 2007
it talks a lot about France during and after WWII, and it gives you an inside look into what French intellectuals were thinking at the time, which is pretty neat.]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 23 11:02:33 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 11:02:33 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 02 14:43:36 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 11:07:32 -0700 2007