Marcelle, Chantal, Lisa…
Ein Roman in Erzählungen
by Simone de Beauvoir
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Der erste Roman einer der größten Autorinnen und Philosophinnen des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts.
De Beauvoirs erzählerisches «Gesellenstück» ist ein Roman über fünf Töchter aus gutem Hause: «Ich rebellierte damals gegen Intellekt und starre Bildung, die mich lange unterdrückt hatten, und wollte meinen Widerwillen dagegen in den Geschichten junger Frauen zum Ausdruck bringen, die ich kannte und die Opfer der gleichen Dinge geworden waren…»
«Es ist unbedingt notwendig, dass die Frauen selbst ihr Schicksal in die Hand nehmen.» (Simone de Beauvoir)
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When Things of the Spirit Come First (Flamingo)
August 1996, HarperCollins Publishers
in Spanish
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When Things of the Spirit Come First (Flamingo)
August 1996, HarperCollins Publishers
Hardcover
in Spanish
- New Ed edition
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When things of the spirit come first: five early tales
1982, A. Deutsch, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
in English
0233974628 9780233974620
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When things of the spirit come first: five early tales
1982, Pantheon Books
in English and French
- 1st American ed.
0394522168 9780394522166
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Marcelle, Chantal, Lisa…: Ein Roman in Erzählungen
1981-01-01, Rowohlt Verlag
Paperback
in German
3499147556 9783499147555
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When Things of the Spirit Come First is Simone de Beauvoir’s first work of fiction. It consists of five short stories woven together in a way that is structurally similar to a more traditional novel.
Beauvoir submitted this collection of interlinked stories to a publisher in 1937. But it was turned down by both Gallimard and Grasset. Gallimard eventually published it in 1979. The first English translation came out from Pantheon in 1982.
The first story, "Marcelle", tells the story of the oldest of three siblings. She marries an abusive artist. The second, "Chantal", tells the story of a lycee philosophy teacher. She idealizes her life and becomes involved in the lives of her students but ultimately refuses to help them. "Lisa" is the third and shortest story, about a girl who struggles to live a spiritual life while existing in a physical body. "Anne", the fourth story, is the result of many of de Beauvoir’s earlier attempts at writing. It parallels the story of her friend Elizabeth Mabille (Zaza) who died soon after her mother refused to allow her to marry Maurice Merleau-Ponty. The final story, "Marguerite" expresses the existential views that de Beauvoir herself believed that life itself should be experienced and one should "look things straight in the face, without accepting oracles or ready-made values."
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