Description: In 1983 de Beauvoir published Sartre's letters, maintaining that her own to him had been lost. They were found by de Beauvoir's adopted daughter, and published to a storm of controversy in France. Tracing the emotional and triangular complications of her life with Sartre, the letters reveal her not only as manipulative and dependent but Simonealso as vulnerable, passionate, jealous and committed.
Review Quotes: There is more than a whiff of Les Liaisons Dangereuses about these pages--Spectator
This is a vivid piece of unexpurgated social history, and an opportunity to hear a vigorous and innovative thinker...speaking in her abrasive, touching, breathtakingly candid private voice--Sunday Times Wonderful... what really shines through is de Beauvoir's simultaneously maintained autonomy and symbiotic relationship with Sartre, her "beloved little one", along with their total commitment to a life spent in pursuit of ideals, together--Irish Times