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“Love is never completely directed at you… Friendship is as precarious as life. But hate never misses its mark, and it’s as certain as death.”
5 such an epic saga stars
Wow. I read this slowly because it is a book that requires large chunks of uninterrupted devoted time. De Beauvoir discusses so many topics in this novel; politics, love, friendship … all through the perspectives of two of the main characters, Henri and Anne. Something that really struck me is how the left intellectuals of the nov ...more
5 such an epic saga stars
Wow. I read this slowly because it is a book that requires large chunks of uninterrupted devoted time. De Beauvoir discusses so many topics in this novel; politics, love, friendship … all through the perspectives of two of the main characters, Henri and Anne. Something that really struck me is how the left intellectuals of the nov ...more
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