Name: La Invitada (in Spanish)
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Author: Simone De Beauvoir
ISBN: 9788435021715

Type

Physical Book

Author

Simone de Beauvoir

Publisher

Edhasa

Year

2017

Language

Spanish

Pages

624

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19x12.5 cm

ISBN13

9788435021715

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "La Invitada (in Spanish)"

La más celebrada obra de la escritora francesa, esta historia de un triángulo amoroso entre dos adultos y una jovencita pone al descubierto las más oscuras ambigüedades de la moral al uso. Un triángulo amoroso formado por dos adultos y una jovencita es el vehículo del que se sirvió Simone de Beauvoir en su primera gran novela para explorar los dilemas existencialistas que marcarían toda su obra: la libertad, la acción y la responsabilidad individuales. El escenario es el ambiente artístico del París de la primera mitad del siglo XX, y el modo en que expone las relaciones de pareja y la infidelidad, poniendo así de manifiesto las más ocuras ambigüedades de la moral burguesa al uso, la convirtieron rápidamente en una obra de gran éxito, y con la perspectiva del tiempo se revela como el compendio de las grandes ideas sobre las que girará toda la obra posterior de Simone de Beauvoir.

Simone de Beauvoir

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Simone de Beauvoir (Paris, January 9, 1908 – April 14, 1986) was one of the most influential philosophers, writers, and essayists of the 20th century, a key figure in existentialism and an international reference in feminism. She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, where she met Jean-Paul Sartre, with whom she maintained a famous intellectual and personal relationship that would mark her life and thought. She published fundamental works such as The Second Sex (1949), considered a pillar of modern feminism, in which she analyzes the social construction of women from an existentialist perspective, and novels like She Came to Stay (1943) and The Mandarins (1954), the latter awarded the prestigious Goncourt Prize.

Throughout her career, De Beauvoir combined philosophical reflection, social analysis, and autobiography in more than twenty books, among which stand out Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, The Prime of Life, The Woman Destroyed, and Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre. She was internationally recognized with distinctions such as the Jerusalem Prize (1975) and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature (1978), and left an essential legacy in the fight for gender equality and human rights. Her thought and activism continue to inspire generations of readers, intellectuals, and freedom advocates.

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