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芦Les gens heureux n'ont pas d'histoire. C'est dans le d茅sarroi, la tristesse, quand on se sent bris茅 ou d茅poss茅d茅 de soi-m锚me qu'on 茅prouve le besoin de se raconter. J'ai voulu faire entendre ici la voix de trois femmes qui se d茅battent avec des mots dans des situations sans issue. L'une bute contre une in茅luctable fatalit茅, celle de l'芒ge. La seconde conjure par un monologue paraphr茅nique la solitude o霉 l'a jet茅e son 茅go茂sme 茅perdu. La femme rompue est la victime stup茅faite de la vie qu'elle s'est choisie : une d茅pendance conjugale qui la laisse d茅pouill茅e de tout et de son 锚tre m锚me quand l'amour lui est refus茅. On chercherait en vain des moralit茅s dans ces r茅cits ; proposer des le莽ons, non ; mon intention 茅tait tout autre. On ne vit qu'une vie mais par la sympathie on peut parfois sortir de sa peau. J'ai souhait茅 communiquer 脿 mes lecteurs certaines exp茅riences auxquelles j'ai ainsi particip茅. Je me sens solidaire des femmes qui ont assum茅 leur vie et qui luttent pour la r茅ussir ; mais cela ne m'emp锚che pas 鈥� au contraire 鈥� de m'int茅resser 脿 celles qui l'ont plus ou moins manqu茅e et, de mani猫re g茅n茅rale, 脿 cette part d'茅chec qu'il y a dans toute existence.禄
Simone de Beauvoir.
Simone de Beauvoir.
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First published January 1, 1967
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Simone de Beauvoir
386听books10.7k听followersSimone de Beauvoir was a French author and philosopher. She wrote novels, monographs on philosophy, political and social issues, essays, biographies, and an autobiography. She is now best known for her metaphysical novels, including She Came to Stay and The Mandarins, and for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism.
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Simone de Beauvoir est n茅e 脿 Paris le 9 janvier 1908. Elle fit ses 茅tudes jusqu'au baccalaur茅at dans le tr猫s catholique cours D茅sir. Agr茅g茅e de philosophie en 1929, elle enseigna 脿 Marseille, 脿 Rouen et 脿 Paris jusqu'en 1943. C'est L'Invit茅e (1943) qu'on doit consid茅rer comme son v茅ritable d茅but litt茅raire. Viennent ensuite Le sang des autres (1945), Tous les hommes sont mortels (1946), Les Mandarins (prix Goncourt 1954), Les Belles Images (1966) et La Femme rompue (1968).
Simone de Beauvoir a 茅crit des m茅moires o霉 elle nous donne elle-m锚me 脿 conna卯tre sa vie, son 艙uvre. L'ampleur de l'entreprise autobiographique trouve sa justification, son sens, dans une contradiction essentielle 脿 l'茅crivain : choisir lui fut toujours impossible entre le bonheur de vivre et la n茅cessit茅 d'茅crire ; d'une part la splendeur contingente, de l'autre la rigueur salvatrice. Faire de sa propre existence l'objet de son 茅criture, c'茅tait en partie sortir de ce dilemme.
Outre le c茅l猫bre Deuxi猫me sexe (1949) devenu l'ouvrage de r茅f茅rence du mouvement f茅ministe mondial, l'艙uvre th茅orique de Simone de Beauvoir comprend de nombreux essais philosophiques ou pol茅miques.
Apr猫s la mort de Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir a publi茅 La C茅r茅monie des adieux (1981) et les Lettres au Castor (1983) qui rassemblent une partie de l'abondante correspondance qu'elle re莽ut de lui. Jusqu'au jour de sa mort, le 14 avril 1986, elle a collabor茅 activement 脿 la revue fond茅e par Sartre et elle-m锚me, Les Temps Modernes, et manifest茅 sous des formes diverses et innombrables sa solidarit茅 avec le f茅minisme.
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Simone de Beauvoir est n茅e 脿 Paris le 9 janvier 1908. Elle fit ses 茅tudes jusqu'au baccalaur茅at dans le tr猫s catholique cours D茅sir. Agr茅g茅e de philosophie en 1929, elle enseigna 脿 Marseille, 脿 Rouen et 脿 Paris jusqu'en 1943. C'est L'Invit茅e (1943) qu'on doit consid茅rer comme son v茅ritable d茅but litt茅raire. Viennent ensuite Le sang des autres (1945), Tous les hommes sont mortels (1946), Les Mandarins (prix Goncourt 1954), Les Belles Images (1966) et La Femme rompue (1968).
Simone de Beauvoir a 茅crit des m茅moires o霉 elle nous donne elle-m锚me 脿 conna卯tre sa vie, son 艙uvre. L'ampleur de l'entreprise autobiographique trouve sa justification, son sens, dans une contradiction essentielle 脿 l'茅crivain : choisir lui fut toujours impossible entre le bonheur de vivre et la n茅cessit茅 d'茅crire ; d'une part la splendeur contingente, de l'autre la rigueur salvatrice. Faire de sa propre existence l'objet de son 茅criture, c'茅tait en partie sortir de ce dilemme.
Outre le c茅l猫bre Deuxi猫me sexe (1949) devenu l'ouvrage de r茅f茅rence du mouvement f茅ministe mondial, l'艙uvre th茅orique de Simone de Beauvoir comprend de nombreux essais philosophiques ou pol茅miques.
Apr猫s la mort de Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir a publi茅 La C茅r茅monie des adieux (1981) et les Lettres au Castor (1983) qui rassemblent une partie de l'abondante correspondance qu'elle re莽ut de lui. Jusqu'au jour de sa mort, le 14 avril 1986, elle a collabor茅 activement 脿 la revue fond茅e par Sartre et elle-m锚me, Les Temps Modernes, et manifest茅 sous des formes diverses et innombrables sa solidarit茅 avec le f茅minisme.
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April 23, 2024
if you ever need to strike some fear into the hearts of the men in your life, just start reading this in front of them. it worked for me.
that's enough for me to read anything in and of itself, including but not limited to golf magazines, industrial catalogs, and the grocery lists of my least favorite neighbor (WHY ARE YOUR PARTIES ALWAYS ON WEEKDAYS, YES I KNOW I SOUND LIKE A GRUMPY OLD MAN IN THE FIRST HALF OF A FEEL-GOOD FAMILY FILM)...but in addition to that, simone de beauvoir is a stunning writer with a true sense of people.
this ruled.
it's a collection of three stories about women past youth who, in short, are having lives they thought were settled suddenly cleaved into before and after. the first one was my favorite, five stars for it, but all three were clever and captivating and it's 4.5 altogether.
bonus anecdote for goodreads: on the back it says "She became the youngest person ever to obtain the agregation in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre" and when i was first reading it my now-boyfriend was like "why would they say she was second."
makes me giggle.
bottom line: allow me to be the first to say - simone de beauvoir is good!
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tbr review
about to become intolerable
that's enough for me to read anything in and of itself, including but not limited to golf magazines, industrial catalogs, and the grocery lists of my least favorite neighbor (WHY ARE YOUR PARTIES ALWAYS ON WEEKDAYS, YES I KNOW I SOUND LIKE A GRUMPY OLD MAN IN THE FIRST HALF OF A FEEL-GOOD FAMILY FILM)...but in addition to that, simone de beauvoir is a stunning writer with a true sense of people.
this ruled.
it's a collection of three stories about women past youth who, in short, are having lives they thought were settled suddenly cleaved into before and after. the first one was my favorite, five stars for it, but all three were clever and captivating and it's 4.5 altogether.
bonus anecdote for goodreads: on the back it says "She became the youngest person ever to obtain the agregation in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second to Jean-Paul Sartre" and when i was first reading it my now-boyfriend was like "why would they say she was second."
makes me giggle.
bottom line: allow me to be the first to say - simone de beauvoir is good!
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tbr review
about to become intolerable
September 30, 2019
Reading devastating French literature on public transport is my fave pastime
April 27, 2015
*Note 鈥� This review only concerns 鈥淭he Woman Destroyed鈥�, the third and longest story in this book.
Several years ago, shortly after finishing 鈥淭he Mandarins鈥�, Simone De Beauvior's tour de force novel, I came across an article titled: 鈥淎re Good Books Bad for You?鈥� I immediately thought of De Beauvior鈥檚 fiction. Like nothing else I鈥檝e ever read, her fiction has the ability to influence my emotions and my opinions in a deep and powerful way. It鈥檚 nearly dangerous, I think, the depth at which she strikes chords in her readers. Reading 鈥淭he Woman Destroyed鈥�, I was reminded that all great writing is a warning, or at the very least, veiled advice on how one might attempt to live a meaningful life.
In 鈥淭he Woman Destroyed鈥�, Monique鈥檚 husband, Maurice, has confessed to having an affair and asks that she be okay with it. Taking advice from a close friend, Monique wills herself to allow the affair to continue, hoping in vain that Maurice鈥檚 midlife crisis will pass and that he鈥檒l eventually spurn his mistress. But as time passes, the mistress slowly begins to take center-stage in Maurice鈥檚 life, so much so that his time becomes unequally divided between the two women. Monique is consumed with jealousy, fear, self-doubt, and inevitably she begins to unravel.
This story is heartbreaking and emotionally provocative. I found myself carefully questioning my own ideas about fidelity, polyamory, marriage, success, family and the list goes on. At the outset of the novella, Monique appears to have lived a meaningful life as a wife and mother, but De Beauvoir shatters that assumption; dropping Monique deeper and deeper into her despair, revealing failures that are too large and too far back to repair.
Amazing writing, and certainly a warning. I was wild with anxiety while reading this book, but I loved it and it broke my heart.
Several years ago, shortly after finishing 鈥淭he Mandarins鈥�, Simone De Beauvior's tour de force novel, I came across an article titled: 鈥淎re Good Books Bad for You?鈥� I immediately thought of De Beauvior鈥檚 fiction. Like nothing else I鈥檝e ever read, her fiction has the ability to influence my emotions and my opinions in a deep and powerful way. It鈥檚 nearly dangerous, I think, the depth at which she strikes chords in her readers. Reading 鈥淭he Woman Destroyed鈥�, I was reminded that all great writing is a warning, or at the very least, veiled advice on how one might attempt to live a meaningful life.
In 鈥淭he Woman Destroyed鈥�, Monique鈥檚 husband, Maurice, has confessed to having an affair and asks that she be okay with it. Taking advice from a close friend, Monique wills herself to allow the affair to continue, hoping in vain that Maurice鈥檚 midlife crisis will pass and that he鈥檒l eventually spurn his mistress. But as time passes, the mistress slowly begins to take center-stage in Maurice鈥檚 life, so much so that his time becomes unequally divided between the two women. Monique is consumed with jealousy, fear, self-doubt, and inevitably she begins to unravel.
This story is heartbreaking and emotionally provocative. I found myself carefully questioning my own ideas about fidelity, polyamory, marriage, success, family and the list goes on. At the outset of the novella, Monique appears to have lived a meaningful life as a wife and mother, but De Beauvoir shatters that assumption; dropping Monique deeper and deeper into her despair, revealing failures that are too large and too far back to repair.
Amazing writing, and certainly a warning. I was wild with anxiety while reading this book, but I loved it and it broke my heart.
September 13, 2023
鈥渨hat an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in.鈥�
what does it mean to be a woman?
simone de beauvoir brilliantly tackles this in three stories: 鈥渢he age of discretion鈥�, 鈥渢he monologue鈥�, and 鈥渢he woman destroyed鈥�. all are different in tone and in relative degrees of despair and rage and grief, but all entail a story of a woman past her youth dealing with unexpected circumstances that are cause for an abrupt crisis or transition.
de beauvoir writes these existential narratives in a bleak tone that feels suffocating鈥攖here is no real happy ending in sight, and it is clear from the get go. it seemed to siphon from the collective despair that we go through living in society as women, and while this may have been written decades ago, much of women鈥檚 default social dependence on men have not changed.
the main message of this novel, which is that all the things that a woman is supposed to yearn for and covet: a husband, marriage, children, are not what achieves true happiness, is quite a radical message for 1967. de beauvoir says that it is rather the opposite, that by simply being reduced to someone鈥檚 wife or someone鈥檚 mother, it erases the identity of the woman herself.
much of what happens is a reflection and commentary on something that happens in day to day life鈥攖he grief, the loneliness, the loss of identity鈥攐ne can make a point that this is something that happens to everyone. but de beauvoir portrays and conveys the three women鈥檚 stories with such care and compassion that it forces readers to truly be able to empathize and sympathize with such emotions.
the meaninglessness of life, the existential crisis, the melancholy that comes with age, are all shown through uniquely female perspective. on the surface level, these three women may all have been called 鈥渉ysterical鈥�, which is derived from the greek word hystera, or 鈥榰terus鈥�. this word has been exclusively used to describe women historically (especially freud)鈥攆or de beauvoir to write these characters that would have been called 鈥榟ysterical鈥� and give them emotions and the vulnerability necessary to let readers see through their paradigms.
such a heartbreaking gem of a book.
飧烩富飧烩富飧烩富飧�
pre-read
i've been putting off reading this book because i know that i'll love it and five star it and i have a habit of saving good things until i absolutely cannot hold off anymore.
(aka me eating all the bacon bits last in a caesar salad)
July 3, 2022
in conclusion,
husband ? killed (brutally murdered preferably)
kids ? aborted
friends ? dumped
hotel ? trivago
husband ? killed (brutally murdered preferably)
kids ? aborted
friends ? dumped
hotel ? trivago
January 28, 2020
Rich and powerful writing in these three novellas. I will definitely read more of this author.
SPOILERS FOLLOW BELOW FOR ALL 3 NOVELLAS!
The first novella, The Age of Discretion, centers around the aging process and the end of careers of both husband and wife. In addition, there鈥檚 the bitter disappointment the woman feels after the son she has 鈥榞roomed鈥� to follow in her footsteps as a professor turns thirty and changes career and political outlook to go into government service. His mother feels it鈥檚 all about his wife and father-in-law pushing him to make more money and get a 鈥榬eal鈥� Job. Amazingly she turns against her son in an incredibly brutal way. She throws her son out of her house and says things like 鈥淚 cannot love anyone I do not respect.鈥� And to her husband: 鈥淒o you think I ought to see him again?鈥� [This is their son!]
The couple is both around 60. He still works as a scientist but feels only younger people can contribute. 鈥淕reat scientists are valuable to science in the first half of their lives and harmful in the second.鈥� [quote from Bachelard] She argues with him until her latest book that she thought of as 'filled with new insights鈥� is panned by both critics and friends as a summary of her earlier work.
鈥淚n earlier days I never used to worry about old people. I looked upon them as the dead whose legs still kept moving.鈥�
The second novella, The Monologue, is a bitter screed by a woman left alone and abandoned at age 44. Her daughter, off on her own, died five years ago.
鈥淚t鈥檚 flying in the face of nature that my own brother my own mother should prefer my ex-husband to me.鈥� And: 鈥淚 wanted decent clean children I didn鈥檛 want Francis to become a fairy like Nanard.鈥�
鈥淚鈥檓 not ill I live alone because your swine of a father ditched me he buttered me up then he tortured me he even knocked me about鈥�.I have weapons I鈥檒l use them he鈥檒l come back to me I shan鈥檛 go on rotting all alone in this dump with those people on the next floor who trample me underfoot and the ones next door who wake me every morning with their radio and no one to bring me so much as a crust when I鈥檓 hungry. All those fat cows have a man to protect them and kids to wait on them and me nothing鈥︹€�
She envisions her enemies roasting in hell: 鈥淵ou owe me this revenge, God. I insist that you grant it to me.鈥� And, of course, through this screed, she reveals so much of herself to us so that we see why she has been abandoned.
The title story, The Woman Destroyed, is written as a diary over six months or so. A woman has a husband and two daughters, one locally and one in the US that she seldom sees. Her husband admits to her that he is having an affair. With the advice of her friends she agrees to let him continue with it, taking the attitude that 鈥渕en his age do these things; it will pass.鈥� That turns out to be a mistake.
All her life, she only worked in the home. He still has his career, his wife, his mistress and good times. She has nothing. Even with her women friends all she talks about is her situation with her husband. When she hears his key in the lock 鈥溾€here was that horrible taste in my mouth 鈥� the taste of dread. (The same exactly, as when I used to go to see my father dying in the nursing home.)鈥� 鈥淚t seems to me that I no longer have anything whatever to do. I always used to be busy. Now everything 鈥� knitting, cooking, reading, putting on a record 鈥� everything seems pointless.鈥�
鈥淲omen who do nothing can鈥檛 stand those who work.鈥� (Did her husband鈥檚 mistress really say that?)
Good stories and excellent writing.
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SPOILERS FOLLOW BELOW FOR ALL 3 NOVELLAS!
The first novella, The Age of Discretion, centers around the aging process and the end of careers of both husband and wife. In addition, there鈥檚 the bitter disappointment the woman feels after the son she has 鈥榞roomed鈥� to follow in her footsteps as a professor turns thirty and changes career and political outlook to go into government service. His mother feels it鈥檚 all about his wife and father-in-law pushing him to make more money and get a 鈥榬eal鈥� Job. Amazingly she turns against her son in an incredibly brutal way. She throws her son out of her house and says things like 鈥淚 cannot love anyone I do not respect.鈥� And to her husband: 鈥淒o you think I ought to see him again?鈥� [This is their son!]
The couple is both around 60. He still works as a scientist but feels only younger people can contribute. 鈥淕reat scientists are valuable to science in the first half of their lives and harmful in the second.鈥� [quote from Bachelard] She argues with him until her latest book that she thought of as 'filled with new insights鈥� is panned by both critics and friends as a summary of her earlier work.
鈥淚n earlier days I never used to worry about old people. I looked upon them as the dead whose legs still kept moving.鈥�
The second novella, The Monologue, is a bitter screed by a woman left alone and abandoned at age 44. Her daughter, off on her own, died five years ago.
鈥淚t鈥檚 flying in the face of nature that my own brother my own mother should prefer my ex-husband to me.鈥� And: 鈥淚 wanted decent clean children I didn鈥檛 want Francis to become a fairy like Nanard.鈥�
鈥淚鈥檓 not ill I live alone because your swine of a father ditched me he buttered me up then he tortured me he even knocked me about鈥�.I have weapons I鈥檒l use them he鈥檒l come back to me I shan鈥檛 go on rotting all alone in this dump with those people on the next floor who trample me underfoot and the ones next door who wake me every morning with their radio and no one to bring me so much as a crust when I鈥檓 hungry. All those fat cows have a man to protect them and kids to wait on them and me nothing鈥︹€�
She envisions her enemies roasting in hell: 鈥淵ou owe me this revenge, God. I insist that you grant it to me.鈥� And, of course, through this screed, she reveals so much of herself to us so that we see why she has been abandoned.
The title story, The Woman Destroyed, is written as a diary over six months or so. A woman has a husband and two daughters, one locally and one in the US that she seldom sees. Her husband admits to her that he is having an affair. With the advice of her friends she agrees to let him continue with it, taking the attitude that 鈥渕en his age do these things; it will pass.鈥� That turns out to be a mistake.
All her life, she only worked in the home. He still has his career, his wife, his mistress and good times. She has nothing. Even with her women friends all she talks about is her situation with her husband. When she hears his key in the lock 鈥溾€here was that horrible taste in my mouth 鈥� the taste of dread. (The same exactly, as when I used to go to see my father dying in the nursing home.)鈥� 鈥淚t seems to me that I no longer have anything whatever to do. I always used to be busy. Now everything 鈥� knitting, cooking, reading, putting on a record 鈥� everything seems pointless.鈥�
鈥淲omen who do nothing can鈥檛 stand those who work.鈥� (Did her husband鈥檚 mistress really say that?)
Good stories and excellent writing.
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June 18, 2022
an excellent social observation and reflection of women's dependence on men, and it accurately represented the emotional world of women. incredibly personal, enraging, powerful, and devastating all at the same time. de beauvoir delivered this book brilliantly.
September 11, 2022
men shouldn鈥檛 live past thirty.
June 14, 2022
so basically don鈥檛 get married, don鈥檛 have kids, don鈥檛 grow old. got it !
March 15, 2021
El libro se compone de tres relatos bien distintos en forma y contenido, aunque todos sean en primera persona, aunque en todos ellos haya una mujer que sufre, que ve como se tambalea su propia identidad al derrumbarse los pilares sobre los que se sustentaba.
No se trata de v铆ctimas, ser铆a pecar de condescendiente considerarlas 鈥渕ujeres anuladas por relaciones absorbentes鈥�, como se dice en la contraportada. M谩s bien son, como dijo la propia autora, tres mujeres que se sienten fracasadas, rotas. La 煤nica que puede considerarse v铆ctima, que de hecho lo es, es la protagonista de la segunda de las historias, pero no tanto por sus relaciones como por la infancia que sufri贸 y que la condicion贸 de por vida. Las otras dos son mujeres cultas, inteligentes y liberales que eligieron la forma en la que quisieron vivir y que ahora pasan por circunstancias desagradables, circunstancias que pueden afectar tanto a hombres como a mujeres y que son sobrellevadas dependiendo de la personalidad m谩s que del g茅nero.
LA EDAD DE LA DISCRECI脫N
Simone rondaba los 60 a帽os cuando escribi贸 este relato, y yo, que no ando muy lejos, puedo sentir en carne propia cada una de las palabras de esta corta pero sincera, amarga y, al final, resignada historia.
惭翱狈脱尝翱骋翱
LA MUJER ROTA
No se trata de v铆ctimas, ser铆a pecar de condescendiente considerarlas 鈥渕ujeres anuladas por relaciones absorbentes鈥�, como se dice en la contraportada. M谩s bien son, como dijo la propia autora, tres mujeres que se sienten fracasadas, rotas. La 煤nica que puede considerarse v铆ctima, que de hecho lo es, es la protagonista de la segunda de las historias, pero no tanto por sus relaciones como por la infancia que sufri贸 y que la condicion贸 de por vida. Las otras dos son mujeres cultas, inteligentes y liberales que eligieron la forma en la que quisieron vivir y que ahora pasan por circunstancias desagradables, circunstancias que pueden afectar tanto a hombres como a mujeres y que son sobrellevadas dependiendo de la personalidad m谩s que del g茅nero.
LA EDAD DE LA DISCRECI脫N
Simone rondaba los 60 a帽os cuando escribi贸 este relato, y yo, que no ando muy lejos, puedo sentir en carne propia cada una de las palabras de esta corta pero sincera, amarga y, al final, resignada historia.
鈥溌縌u茅 hacer cuando el mundo se ha descolorido? No queda m谩s que matar el tiempo.鈥�El relato plantea dos actitudes ante la llegada de la vejez y la p茅rdida de capacidades, de ilusiones, de metas por las que luchar (no creo que fuera intenci贸n de la autora identificar cada una de ellas con el g茅nero de los protagonistas y, desde luego, yo tampoco creo que este sea el caso): la indiferencia, el dejarse llevar, aceptar que todo pierde importancia, por un lado, y el rebelarse ante tal situaci贸n, el no poder comprender que la merma de capacidades, el deterioro del cuerpo, es imparable, que el deseo acaba por desgastarse, por el otro.
鈥淣o m谩s proyectos, no m谩s deseos. No escribir茅 m谩s. 驴Entonces qu茅 har茅? Qu茅 vac铆o en m铆, alrededor de m铆. In煤til.鈥�En el relato, Simone se centra en esta 煤ltima forma de encarar la vejez, la de la mujer, un problema que va mucho m谩s all谩 del miedo a enfrentarse a una muerte cada vez m谩s cercana.
鈥淪i hubiera tenido que morir durante la noche, habr铆a estimado que mi vida era un logro. Pero estaba aterrada por ese desierto a trav茅s del cual iba a arrastrarme hasta desembocar en la muerte.鈥�El relato es el proceso por el cual esta mujer va aceptando que existe un problema, que experimenta un deterioro f铆sico y mental, que los a帽os han cambiado a su pareja, que su hijo ha elegido un camino bien distinto del que para 茅l hab铆a deseado.
鈥淓n todo caso, durante un tiempo. No miremos demasiado lejos鈥� 驴Eso nos la har谩 tolerable? No s茅. Esperemos. No tenemos elecci贸n.鈥�Al final todos sabemos que no hay otro camino que la resignaci贸n y saber y poder aprovechar lo que la vida te siga dando o, como Simone pone en la mente de su protagonista, todo aquello que la vida aun no te ha quitado.
惭翱狈脱尝翱骋翱
鈥淟os ni帽os nunca son otra cosa que semillas de canallas.鈥�Un mon贸logo interior dur铆simo, devastador, fruto de la rabia, de la angustia, de una mujer de mediana edad afectada por serios problemas psicol贸gicos y que se siente sola, abandonada y culpable. Una mujer con una infancia dif铆cil, que, gracias a su belleza ahora marchita, ha vivido a costa de hombres ricos desde que su madre la arroj贸 en los brazos de su propio amante, y que, intentando no caer en los mismos errores con su hija, cometi贸 otros de terribles consecuencias.
鈥溾€ubiera merecido que me amaran. 隆Ah! he sido asquerosamente frustrada la vida no me ha hecho regalos.鈥�
LA MUJER ROTA
鈥溍塴 me colm贸, no he vivido m谩s que para 茅l. 隆Y 茅l, por un capricho, ha traicionado nuestros juramentos!鈥�鈥淟a mujer rota鈥�, el m谩s largo de los tres relatos, es la triste historia de una mujer, Monique, que lo apost贸 todo a la carta de su marido, sus hijos y su hogar, y ahora, en la cuarentena, se siente absolutamente derrotada ante la infidelidad reci茅n descubierta.
鈥淓ntonces tuve una revelaci贸n fulminante: el tiempo pasa. Y me ech茅 a llorar.鈥�Una mujer que afronta el enga帽o de su marido culpando primero a la amante, despu茅s a s铆 misma, m谩s tarde al tiempo que todo lo degrada y erosiona y por 煤ltimo, tras un largo y doloroso proceso, acaba por reconocer la responsabilidad del marido y con ello el fracaso de toda una vida dedicada a 茅l. Ahora se enfrenta a un cambio de vida para el que no se siente preparada.
鈥淣o se modifica la vida sin modificarse uno mismo.鈥�Como la protagonista de la primera historia, Monique tambi茅n tiene que enfrentarse a un proceso de revelaci贸n y de aceptaci贸n de una vida que ya no ser谩 nunca la misma, volver a inventarse a s铆 misma y empezar de cero.
鈥淐re铆a saber qui茅n era yo, qui茅n era 茅l: y repentinamente ya no nos reconozco, ni a 茅l ni a m铆.鈥�
December 28, 2022
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賱賶 賲毓 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賯氐丞 貙 賲賳匕 乇兀賷鬲賴 賵兀賳丕 丕乇睾亘 賮賶 賯乇丕卅鬲賴 乇亘賲丕 賱卮賰賱 丕賱睾賱丕賮 丕賱匕賶 禺胤賮 賯賱亘賶 賵丕賱匕賶 賷噩亘 丕賳 丕賯賵賲 亘鬲丨賷丞 賲賳 賯丕賲 亘鬲氐賲賷賲賴馃憦馃憦馃憦馃憤 貙 賵乇亘賲丕 賱賱兀爻賲 丕賱匕賷 噩匕亘賳賷 亘卮丿丞 賵乇亘賲丕 丕賷囟丕 賱丕賳賴 賰鬲丕亘 賱爻賷賲賵賳 丿賵 亘賵賮賵丕乇 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丕丞 丕賱鬲賶 兀丨亘 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賱賴丕 亘丿賵賳 丕爻亘丕亘 賲丨丿丿丞 . 丕賷丕 賰丕賳 丕賱爻亘亘 丕賱賲賴賲 丕賳賴 賰丕賳 賴賳丕賰 胤丕賯丞 賲睾賳丕胤賷爻賷丞 鬲噩丕賴賴 .
賰賳鬲 賲鬲乇丿丿丞 賮賶 卮乇丕卅賴 賱毓丿丞 丕爻亘丕亘 丕賵賱賴賲 丕賳賴 孬賱丕孬賷丞 乇賵丕卅賷丞 賯氐賷乇丞 賵賮賶 丕賱毓丕丿丞 賱丕 丕卮鬲乇賶 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賯氐賷乇丞 貙 孬丕賳賷丕 爻毓乇賴丕 賱賷爻 亘賯賱賷賱 貙 賵孬丕賱孬丕 賰賳鬲 賲鬲禺賵賮丞 賲賳賴丕 .
賮賲丕 丕賱匕賶 噩毓賱賳賷 丕卮鬲乇賷賴丕 責 爻兀毓賵丿 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶 賱兀爻亘丕亘賷 丕賱鬲賶 匕賰乇鬲賴丕 賵禺丕氐丞 丕賱睾賱丕賮 丕賱匕賷 賰賱賲丕 乇丕賷鬲賴 兀卮毓乇 丕賳賴 賷賳丕丿賷賳賶 孬賲 賯乇丕鬲 乇賮賷賵 氐丿賷賯鬲賷 賴亘丞 賳賵乇 賵鬲賯賷賷賲賴丕 丕賱賰丕賲賱 賱賴丕 賮鬲卮噩毓鬲 兀賰孬乇 賵丨賷賳 匕賴亘鬲 廿賱賶 丕賱賲賰鬲亘丞 賵賵賯毓鬲 毓賱賷賴丕 毓賷賳賶 兀賲爻賰鬲賴丕 賮賵乇丕 貙 賱賲 兀爻鬲胤毓 丕賱賲賯丕賵賲丞 賵兀卮鬲乇賷鬲賴丕 .
賲毓匕乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱丕胤丕賱丞 乇睾亘鬲 賮賶 賲卮丕乇賰鬲賰賲 賯氐鬲賶 賲毓賴丕 賵賱兀匕賰乇 賳賮爻賶 賮賶 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 ( 匕丕賰乇鬲賷 丕賱爻賲賰賷丞 鬲賳爻賶 賰賱 卮卅 馃う鈥嶁檧锔忦煓団€嶁檧锔�)
賵亘丿丕鬲賴 丕禺賷乇丕 鬲氐丨亘賳賶 氐賵乇丞 丿 丕丨賲丿 禺丕賱丿 鬲賵賮賷賯
賰賲丕 賯賱鬲 賴賶 孬賱丕孬賷丞 乇賵丕卅賷丞 :
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 : 爻賳 丕賱鬲毓賯賱
丕賲乇兀丞 賮賶 丕賱爻鬲賷賳 賰丕鬲亘丞 丕丨賷賱鬲 賱賱鬲賯丕毓丿 賲賳 毓賲賱賴丕 賮賶 丕賱噩丕賲毓丞 鬲丨賰賶 賱賳丕 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕" 亘丿丕 賱賷 賷賵賲 廿丨丕賱鬲賷 毓賱賶 丕賱賲毓丕卮 - 丕賱匕賷 賷賮氐賱賳賷 毓賳賴 夭賲賳 丕胤賵賱 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賷 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞 - 睾賷乇 丨賯賷賯賶 鬲賲丕賲丕 賰丕賱賲賵鬲 賳賮爻賴
賵 鬲鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘夭賵噩賴丕 賵亘丨賷丕鬲賴賲 賲毓丕 賵 毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘兀亘賳賴丕 丕賱賵丨賷丿
賱賯丿 禺賷亘 賮賷賱賷亘 賰賱 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 貙 賵賲丕 丌賱賲賳賷 兀賰孬乇 賴賵 丕賳 毓賱丕賯鬲賷 亘兀賳丿乇賷賴 賰丕賳鬲 賮賷 胤乇賷賯賴丕 賱賱鬲丨胤賲
丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 亘賷賳 丕賱丕賲 賵夭賵噩丞 丕賱丕亘賳 賵丕賱鬲賶 鬲丨賲賱賴丕 爻亘亘 鬲睾賷賷乇 丕亘賳賴丕 賵鬲睾賷賷乇賴 賱賲爻丕乇賴 丕賱賲賴賳賷 " 賱丕 賱賲 賷毓丿 賲賱賰賷貙 丕亘丿丕 貙 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯. 丨鬲賷 賴賷卅鬲賴 鬲睾賷乇鬲 : 賯氐丞 卮毓乇 丕禺乇賶貙 賲賱丕亘爻 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賵囟丞 貙 丕賳丕 丕賱鬲賷 氐賲賲鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴 . 賵丕賱丕賳 賴兀賳匕丕 兀卮丕賴丿賴丕 賲賳 亘毓賷丿 貙 賰卮丕賴丿 賲丨丕賷丿 . 廿賳賴 丕賱賲氐賷乇 丕賱賲卮鬲乇賰 賱賰賱 丕賱兀賲賴丕鬲.
賵丕賱胤丕賲丞 丕賱賰亘乇賶 賵丕賱氐丿賲丞 丕賱鬲賶 兀睾囟亘鬲賴丕 亘卮丿丞 賰丕賳 鬲睾賷乇 丕亘賳賴丕 賱賲噩丕賱 毓賲賱賴 亘賱 賵 鬲睾賷賷乇賴 賱丕鬲噩丕賴丕鬲賴 賵賯賳丕毓丕鬲賴 丕賱鬲賶 兀卮鬲乇賰丕 亘賴丕 賲賳 賯亘賱貙 賮卮毓乇鬲 亘丕賱禺賷丕賳丞 . 賵睾囟亘鬲 賲賳 夭賵噩賴丕 賱毓丿賲 賵賯賵賮賴 亘噩丕賳亘賴丕 賵丕鬲禺丕匕賴 賲賵賯賮 爻賱亘賷 鬲噩丕賴 丕禺鬲賷丕乇丕鬲 丕亘賳賴賲
賰賲丕 夭丕丿 賲賳 禺賷亘鬲賴丕 乇丿 丕賱賮毓賱 丕賱爻賱亘賷 丨賵賱 賰鬲丕亘賴丕 .
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯氐賷乇丞 賵噩賲賷賱丞 賵丕爻賱賵亘 爻賷賲賵賳 賵鬲毓亘賷乇丕鬲賴丕 丕丨亘亘鬲賴丕 鉂�
鬲賯賷賷賲賶 賱賴丕 伽 賳噩賵賲
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 : 賲賵賳賵賱賵噩
賴賶 丕賯氐乇賴賲 賵鬲丨賰賷 毓賳 丕賲乇兀丞 鬲賯囟賶 丕賱賱賷賱 賮賶 賲賳賵賱賵噩 賲毓 賳賮爻賴丕 貙 鬲丨賰賶 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賵毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘賲賳 賰丕賳賵丕 丨賵賱賴丕 賵鬲賱毓賳 丕賱噩賲賷毓 賵丕賱丨賷丕丞 亘毓丿 賲賵鬲 丕亘賳鬲賴丕 亘噩乇毓丞 夭丕卅丿丞 賲賳 丕賱賲禺丿乇丕鬲 賵丕亘鬲毓丕丿 夭賵噩賴丕 賵丕亘賳賴丕 毓賳賴丕 賲賲丕 夭丕丿 毓丕賱賲賴丕 丕馗賱丕賲丕 賵賵丨丿丞 賮兀禺匕鬲 鬲賱毓賳 賰賱 卮卅
" 賰賳鬲 兀鬲賲賳賶 賰丕乇孬丞 賰亘賷乇丞 鬲賲爻丨賳賷 兀賳丕 賵丕賱噩賲賷毓. 賷乇賷丨賳賷 丕賳 兀賲賵鬲 亘廿毓氐丕乇 丕賵 毓丕氐賮丞 賵賱丕 賷亘賯賷 兀丨丿 賱賷賮賰乇 賮賷 貙 賵丕賳 丕鬲乇賰 賱賴賲 噩孬鬲賷 貙 兀賲丕 丨賷丕鬲賷 賮賱丕 ! 賱賰賳 丕賳 賳爻賯胤 噩賲賷毓丕 賮賷 丕賱毓丿賲 賮爻賷賰賵賳 兀賲乇丕 噩賷丿丕 貙 鬲毓亘鬲 賲賳 賲丨丕乇亘鬲賴賲 賵丨丿賷 貙 賷囟胤賴丿賵賳賳賷 丨鬲賶 賵丕賳丕 賵丨丿賶 貙 賴匕丕 賲乇賴賯 賲鬲賷 賷賳鬲賴賷 匕賱賰 . 賱賱丕爻賮 賱賳 丕丨氐賱 毓賱賶 廿毓氐丕乇賷 貙 賱賲 丕丨氐賱 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賷 毓賱賶 卮卅 丕丨亘賴 . 乇賷丨 毓丕丿賶 噩丿丕 貙 囟毓賷賮 貙 賱賳 賷賯丿乇 爻賵賷 毓賱賶 丕賯鬲賱丕毓 亘毓囟 丕賱賲丿丕禺賳 賵丕賱賯乇賲賷丿 . 賰賱 卮卅 禺爻賷爻 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 貙 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 賵丕賱亘卮乇 . 賵丨丿賷 丕賳丕 賲賳 賷丨賱賲 丨賱賲丕 賰亘賷乇丕 賵賷噩丿乇 丕賳 兀氐乇賮 丕賱賳馗乇 貙 賮賰賱 卮卅 賷禺賷亘賳賷 丿丕卅賲丕
"賲囟鬲 禺賲爻 爻賳賵丕鬲 .賱賯丿 賲丕鬲鬲 丕賱賶 丕賱丕亘丿. 賱丕 兀鬲丨賲賱 匕賱賰 .丕賱賳噩丿丞 貙 丕睾賷孬賵賳賷 貙 兀賳丕 兀鬲兀賱賲 亘卮丿丞 貙 賱賷禺乇噩賳賷 兀丨丿賰賲 賲賳 賴賳丕 賱丕 兀乇賷丿 丕賳 賷鬲賰乇乇 丕賱鬲丿賴賵乇 貙 賱丕 爻丕毓丿賵賳賷貙 賱賲 兀毓丿 賯丕丿乇丞 貙 賱丕 鬲鬲乇賰賵賳賷 賵丨賷丿丞
賱賲 丕賮賴賲賴丕 噩賷丿丕 賵鬲丿丕禺賱 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 賰丕賳 賲乇亘賰 貙 亘賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱卮鬲丕卅賲 丕賷囟丕 貙 賵賰乇賴 賵睾囟亘 鬲噩丕賴 丕賱丕禺乇賷賳 丕丨賷丕賳丕 卮毓乇鬲 丕賳賴 賲亘乇乇 賮丕賱賯爻賵丞 賵丕賱乇賮囟 賵丕賱賰乇賴 賷鬲爻亘亘 賮賶 鬲乇丕賰賲 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱爻賱亘賷丞 丿丕禺賱 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵亘丕賱鬲丕賱賶 賯丿 賷睾囟亘 賲賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲 亘兀賰賲賱賴 賵賷賰乇賴賴 .賰賲丕 丕賳 賲賵鬲 丕亘賳鬲賴丕 賵丕亘鬲毓丕丿 夭賵噩賴丕 賵丕禺匕賴 賱丕亘賳賴賲 賱賴 鬲兀孬賷乇 亘丕賱胤亘毓 .
鬲賯賷賷賲賶 賱賴丕 : 伲 賳噩賵賲
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 : 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱賲丨胤賲丞
賲賵賳賷賰 丕賱夭賵噩丞 鬲賰鬲亘 賲匕賰乇丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賷賵賲賷丞 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賵丕賳卮睾丕賱 夭賵噩賴丕 丕賱卮丿賷丿 賮賶 毓賲賱賴 賵鬲睾賷乇 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 亘賷賳賴賲 貙 丨鬲賶 鬲賮丕噩兀 賷賵賲丕 亘廿毓鬲乇丕賮賴 賱賴丕 亘賵噩賵丿 丕賲乇丕丞 丕禺乇賶 賮賶 丨賷丕鬲賴 賵鬲兀賰賷丿賴 丕賳賴 賱賳 賷鬲乇賰賴丕 . 賱鬲鬲匕賰乇 賵毓丿賴賲 賵乇賴丕賳賴賲 毓賱賶 丕賱賵賮丕亍 貙 丕賱乇賴丕賳 丕賱禺丕爻乇 .
賵鬲丨丕賵賱 賮賶 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 丕賱丕賲乇 亘賴丿賵亍 丕賵 賰賲丕 鬲賯賵賱 " 丕賳賶 丕毓鬲賲丿 鬲賰鬲賷賰 丕賱廿亘鬲爻丕賲丞 丿賵賳 毓賳丕亍 貙 賱兀賳賷 賲賯鬲賳毓丞 亘丕賳賴丕 丨賰丕賷丞 賱丕 鬲毓賳賷 丕賱賰孬賷乇 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 廿賱賶 賲賵乇賷爻" 賱鬲噩丿賴 賷賯賵賱 賱賴丕 丕賳賴 爻賷賯囟賶 丕賱賱賷賱丞 賮賶 賲賳夭賱 毓卮賷賯鬲賴 賵賷賯賵賱 "賲丕 丿賲鬲 鬲賯亘賱賷賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 貙 丕鬲乇賰賷賳賷 兀毓賷卮賴丕 賰丕賲賱丞"賱賷賳鬲賴賶 亘賴丕 丕賱丕賲乇 亘丕賱乇囟賵禺"賲丕 丿賲鬲 賯丿 鬲亘賳賷鬲 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱鬲賮賴賲 貙 賵丕賱氐賱丨 貙 賮廿賳賴 賷噩亘 丕賱鬲卮亘孬 亘匕賱賰 . 賷噩亘 兀賱丕 兀丨胤賲 噩亘賴鬲賷 . 賱賵 兀賳賷 丕禺鬲乇鬲 廿賮爻丕丿 賲睾丕賲乇鬲賴 貙 爻鬲亘丿賵 賱賴 兀噩賲賱貙 賵爻賷氐賷亘賴 丕賱賳丿賲 . 毓賳丿賲丕 兀爻賲丨 賱賴 亘丕賱丨賷丕丞 貙 賮廿賳賴 爻賷鬲毓亘 亘爻乇毓丞 ."
賱賰賳 貙 賴賱 爻鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱氐賲鬲 賵賲丨丕賵賱丞 丕賱鬲賮賴賲 責責 賵賴賱 爻鬲賰賵賳 賲噩乇丿 賲睾丕賲乇丞 賵鬲賲囟賶 責責
兀丨爻爻鬲 亘兀賳賷 賮賷 賯丕毓 賯亘乇 貙 丿賲賷 賲鬲賵賯賮 賮賷 毓乇賵賯賷 貙 睾賷乇 賯丕丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱丨乇賰丞 兀賵 丕賱亘賰丕亍
" 賰賳鬲 兀爻賯胤 賵兀爻賯胤 賵賵噩丿鬲 賳賮爻賷 賲丨胤賲丞 鬲賲丕賲丕 "
兀亘丿毓鬲 爻賷賲賵賳 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 馃憦馃憦馃ぉ 賮賷 賵氐賮 廿丨爻丕爻 丕賱夭賵噩丞 賲毓 禺賷丕賳丞 夭賵噩賴丕 賵乇睾亘鬲賴丕 賮賶 丕賱丨賮丕馗 毓賱賷賴 賵 丕噩鬲乇丕乇賴丕 賱匕賰乇賷丕鬲 丕賱賲丕囟賶 賵賲賯丕乇賳鬲賴丕 亘賲卮丕毓乇賴 丕賱丨丕賱賷丞 賵 丕爻鬲丨賵丕匕 丕賱毓卮賷賯丞 毓賱賶 賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱夭賵噩 .賵卮毓賵乇 丕賱夭賵噩丞 丨賷賳 鬲噩丿 丕賳 賲卮丕毓乇 夭賵噩賴丕 丕鬲噩賴鬲 賱丕賲乇丕丞 丕禺乇賶 賵丕賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲毓丿 噩匕丕亘丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 廿賱賷賴 賲賲丕 賷噩毓賱賴丕 鬲卮賰 賵鬲囟毓賮 孬賯鬲賴丕 賮賶 賳賮爻賴丕 賵鬲馗賱 鬲鬲爻丕卅賱 賮賷賲丕 丕禺胤兀鬲 賵賴賱 兀爻丕亍鬲 賱兀亘賳鬲賷賴丕 賵鬲馗賱 鬲丨丕爻亘 賳賮爻賴丕 賵鬲鬲兀賱賲
.卮毓乇鬲 亘賴丕 賵 鬲卮丕亘賰鬲 丕賮賰丕乇賶 賲毓 丕賮賰丕乇賴丕 賵 鬲兀賱賲鬲 賲毓賴丕 賵賰賱賲丕 丕爻鬲賲乇鬲 丕賱丕賷丕賲 賮賶 丕賱賲乇賵乇 夭丕丿 兀賱賲賶 賲賲丕 賷丨丿孬 賲毓賴丕.
賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賱禺賲爻 賳噩賵賲 賰丕賲賱丞 鉂も潳
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賲丨賵乇 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賳賮爻賴 賵丕賱賯氐氐 賱賷爻 噩丿賷丿丕 貙 丿乇丕賲賷丞 夭賵噩賷丞 毓丕卅賱賷丞 毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱丕夭賵丕噩 賵丕賱丕亘賳丕亍 賱賰賳 賲丕 噩匕亘賳賷 賰丕賳 丕爻賱賵亘 爻賷賲賵賳 賮賶 丕賱毓乇囟 禺丕氐丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 .
丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱孬賱丕孬丞 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賮賶 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲賴丕 賵鬲鬲卮丕亘賰 賮賶 賲賵囟賵毓 鬲睾賷賷乇 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 亘賷賳 丕賱夭賵噩賷賳 亘毓丿 爻賳賵丕鬲 胤賵賷賱丞 賲賳 丕賱夭賵丕噩 貙 丕賳鬲賴丕亍 丕賱卮睾賮 貙 鬲丨賵賱 丕賱丨亘 貙 賯賱丞 賵丕賳毓丿丕賲 丕賱兀丨丕丿賷孬 貙 鬲睾賷賷乇 丕賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲丕鬲 賵丕賱丕卮賷丕亍 丕賱鬲賶 賰丕賳鬲 鬲噩賲毓賴賲 賱賲 鬲毓丿 賰賲丕 賯亘賱
賳賴乇 丕賱夭賲賳 貙 賵丕賱鬲毓乇賷丞 丕賱賳丕鬲噩丞 毓賳 噩乇賷丕賳 賲賷丕賴 丕賱賳賴乇 :" 賱賯丿 鬲丌賰賱 丨亘賴 亘賮毓賱 噩乇賷丕賳 賳賴乇 丕賱夭賲賳 "
丕賳丕 禺丿鬲 鬲乇賷賯丞 丕賳賶 丕亘丿兀 丕賱爻賳丞 亘乇賵丕賷丞 亘丕賱兀爻賲 丿賴 馃檲 亘爻 丕賳丕 賰賳鬲 賲賳噩匕亘丞 噩丿丕 丕賳賶 丕亘丿兀 丕賱爻賳丞 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丿賶 賵賲毓 爻賷賲賵賳 賵亘乇睾賲 丕賳賴丕 賲卮 丕賵賱 乇賵丕賷丞 賮毓賱賷丕 賮賷 丕賱爻賳丞 馃檲 亘爻 亘丕賱賳爻亘丕賱賶 賴賶 丕賱兀賵賱賶馃槏 賵賲亘爻賵胤丞 丕賳賶 亘丿兀鬲 亘賷賴丕 馃槏馃ぉ
賴賶 孬賱丕孬賷丞 亘丕卅爻丞 亘爻 噩賲賷賱丞 馃槏
佶 / 佟 / 佗贍佗佟
賰賳鬲 賲鬲乇丿丿丞 賮賶 卮乇丕卅賴 賱毓丿丞 丕爻亘丕亘 丕賵賱賴賲 丕賳賴 孬賱丕孬賷丞 乇賵丕卅賷丞 賯氐賷乇丞 賵賮賶 丕賱毓丕丿丞 賱丕 丕卮鬲乇賶 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賯氐賷乇丞 貙 孬丕賳賷丕 爻毓乇賴丕 賱賷爻 亘賯賱賷賱 貙 賵孬丕賱孬丕 賰賳鬲 賲鬲禺賵賮丞 賲賳賴丕 .
賮賲丕 丕賱匕賶 噩毓賱賳賷 丕卮鬲乇賷賴丕 責 爻兀毓賵丿 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶 賱兀爻亘丕亘賷 丕賱鬲賶 匕賰乇鬲賴丕 賵禺丕氐丞 丕賱睾賱丕賮 丕賱匕賷 賰賱賲丕 乇丕賷鬲賴 兀卮毓乇 丕賳賴 賷賳丕丿賷賳賶 孬賲 賯乇丕鬲 乇賮賷賵 氐丿賷賯鬲賷 賴亘丞 賳賵乇 賵鬲賯賷賷賲賴丕 丕賱賰丕賲賱 賱賴丕 賮鬲卮噩毓鬲 兀賰孬乇 賵丨賷賳 匕賴亘鬲 廿賱賶 丕賱賲賰鬲亘丞 賵賵賯毓鬲 毓賱賷賴丕 毓賷賳賶 兀賲爻賰鬲賴丕 賮賵乇丕 貙 賱賲 兀爻鬲胤毓 丕賱賲賯丕賵賲丞 賵兀卮鬲乇賷鬲賴丕 .
賲毓匕乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱丕胤丕賱丞 乇睾亘鬲 賮賶 賲卮丕乇賰鬲賰賲 賯氐鬲賶 賲毓賴丕 賵賱兀匕賰乇 賳賮爻賶 賮賶 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 ( 匕丕賰乇鬲賷 丕賱爻賲賰賷丞 鬲賳爻賶 賰賱 卮卅 馃う鈥嶁檧锔忦煓団€嶁檧锔�)
賵亘丿丕鬲賴 丕禺賷乇丕 鬲氐丨亘賳賶 氐賵乇丞 丿 丕丨賲丿 禺丕賱丿 鬲賵賮賷賯
賰賲丕 賯賱鬲 賴賶 孬賱丕孬賷丞 乇賵丕卅賷丞 :
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 : 爻賳 丕賱鬲毓賯賱
丕賲乇兀丞 賮賶 丕賱爻鬲賷賳 賰丕鬲亘丞 丕丨賷賱鬲 賱賱鬲賯丕毓丿 賲賳 毓賲賱賴丕 賮賶 丕賱噩丕賲毓丞 鬲丨賰賶 賱賳丕 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕" 亘丿丕 賱賷 賷賵賲 廿丨丕賱鬲賷 毓賱賶 丕賱賲毓丕卮 - 丕賱匕賷 賷賮氐賱賳賷 毓賳賴 夭賲賳 丕胤賵賱 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賷 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞 - 睾賷乇 丨賯賷賯賶 鬲賲丕賲丕 賰丕賱賲賵鬲 賳賮爻賴
賵 鬲鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘夭賵噩賴丕 賵亘丨賷丕鬲賴賲 賲毓丕 賵 毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘兀亘賳賴丕 丕賱賵丨賷丿
賱賯丿 禺賷亘 賮賷賱賷亘 賰賱 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 貙 賵賲丕 丌賱賲賳賷 兀賰孬乇 賴賵 丕賳 毓賱丕賯鬲賷 亘兀賳丿乇賷賴 賰丕賳鬲 賮賷 胤乇賷賯賴丕 賱賱鬲丨胤賲
丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 亘賷賳 丕賱丕賲 賵夭賵噩丞 丕賱丕亘賳 賵丕賱鬲賶 鬲丨賲賱賴丕 爻亘亘 鬲睾賷賷乇 丕亘賳賴丕 賵鬲睾賷賷乇賴 賱賲爻丕乇賴 丕賱賲賴賳賷 " 賱丕 賱賲 賷毓丿 賲賱賰賷貙 丕亘丿丕 貙 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯. 丨鬲賷 賴賷卅鬲賴 鬲睾賷乇鬲 : 賯氐丞 卮毓乇 丕禺乇賶貙 賲賱丕亘爻 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賵囟丞 貙 丕賳丕 丕賱鬲賷 氐賲賲鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴 . 賵丕賱丕賳 賴兀賳匕丕 兀卮丕賴丿賴丕 賲賳 亘毓賷丿 貙 賰卮丕賴丿 賲丨丕賷丿 . 廿賳賴 丕賱賲氐賷乇 丕賱賲卮鬲乇賰 賱賰賱 丕賱兀賲賴丕鬲.
賵丕賱胤丕賲丞 丕賱賰亘乇賶 賵丕賱氐丿賲丞 丕賱鬲賶 兀睾囟亘鬲賴丕 亘卮丿丞 賰丕賳 鬲睾賷乇 丕亘賳賴丕 賱賲噩丕賱 毓賲賱賴 亘賱 賵 鬲睾賷賷乇賴 賱丕鬲噩丕賴丕鬲賴 賵賯賳丕毓丕鬲賴 丕賱鬲賶 兀卮鬲乇賰丕 亘賴丕 賲賳 賯亘賱貙 賮卮毓乇鬲 亘丕賱禺賷丕賳丞 . 賵睾囟亘鬲 賲賳 夭賵噩賴丕 賱毓丿賲 賵賯賵賮賴 亘噩丕賳亘賴丕 賵丕鬲禺丕匕賴 賲賵賯賮 爻賱亘賷 鬲噩丕賴 丕禺鬲賷丕乇丕鬲 丕亘賳賴賲
賰賲丕 夭丕丿 賲賳 禺賷亘鬲賴丕 乇丿 丕賱賮毓賱 丕賱爻賱亘賷 丨賵賱 賰鬲丕亘賴丕 .
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯氐賷乇丞 賵噩賲賷賱丞 賵丕爻賱賵亘 爻賷賲賵賳 賵鬲毓亘賷乇丕鬲賴丕 丕丨亘亘鬲賴丕 鉂�
鬲賯賷賷賲賶 賱賴丕 伽 賳噩賵賲
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 : 賲賵賳賵賱賵噩
賴賶 丕賯氐乇賴賲 賵鬲丨賰賷 毓賳 丕賲乇兀丞 鬲賯囟賶 丕賱賱賷賱 賮賶 賲賳賵賱賵噩 賲毓 賳賮爻賴丕 貙 鬲丨賰賶 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賵毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘賲賳 賰丕賳賵丕 丨賵賱賴丕 賵鬲賱毓賳 丕賱噩賲賷毓 賵丕賱丨賷丕丞 亘毓丿 賲賵鬲 丕亘賳鬲賴丕 亘噩乇毓丞 夭丕卅丿丞 賲賳 丕賱賲禺丿乇丕鬲 賵丕亘鬲毓丕丿 夭賵噩賴丕 賵丕亘賳賴丕 毓賳賴丕 賲賲丕 夭丕丿 毓丕賱賲賴丕 丕馗賱丕賲丕 賵賵丨丿丞 賮兀禺匕鬲 鬲賱毓賳 賰賱 卮卅
" 賰賳鬲 兀鬲賲賳賶 賰丕乇孬丞 賰亘賷乇丞 鬲賲爻丨賳賷 兀賳丕 賵丕賱噩賲賷毓. 賷乇賷丨賳賷 丕賳 兀賲賵鬲 亘廿毓氐丕乇 丕賵 毓丕氐賮丞 賵賱丕 賷亘賯賷 兀丨丿 賱賷賮賰乇 賮賷 貙 賵丕賳 丕鬲乇賰 賱賴賲 噩孬鬲賷 貙 兀賲丕 丨賷丕鬲賷 賮賱丕 ! 賱賰賳 丕賳 賳爻賯胤 噩賲賷毓丕 賮賷 丕賱毓丿賲 賮爻賷賰賵賳 兀賲乇丕 噩賷丿丕 貙 鬲毓亘鬲 賲賳 賲丨丕乇亘鬲賴賲 賵丨丿賷 貙 賷囟胤賴丿賵賳賳賷 丨鬲賶 賵丕賳丕 賵丨丿賶 貙 賴匕丕 賲乇賴賯 賲鬲賷 賷賳鬲賴賷 匕賱賰 . 賱賱丕爻賮 賱賳 丕丨氐賱 毓賱賶 廿毓氐丕乇賷 貙 賱賲 丕丨氐賱 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賷 毓賱賶 卮卅 丕丨亘賴 . 乇賷丨 毓丕丿賶 噩丿丕 貙 囟毓賷賮 貙 賱賳 賷賯丿乇 爻賵賷 毓賱賶 丕賯鬲賱丕毓 亘毓囟 丕賱賲丿丕禺賳 賵丕賱賯乇賲賷丿 . 賰賱 卮卅 禺爻賷爻 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 貙 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 賵丕賱亘卮乇 . 賵丨丿賷 丕賳丕 賲賳 賷丨賱賲 丨賱賲丕 賰亘賷乇丕 賵賷噩丿乇 丕賳 兀氐乇賮 丕賱賳馗乇 貙 賮賰賱 卮卅 賷禺賷亘賳賷 丿丕卅賲丕
"賲囟鬲 禺賲爻 爻賳賵丕鬲 .賱賯丿 賲丕鬲鬲 丕賱賶 丕賱丕亘丿. 賱丕 兀鬲丨賲賱 匕賱賰 .丕賱賳噩丿丞 貙 丕睾賷孬賵賳賷 貙 兀賳丕 兀鬲兀賱賲 亘卮丿丞 貙 賱賷禺乇噩賳賷 兀丨丿賰賲 賲賳 賴賳丕 賱丕 兀乇賷丿 丕賳 賷鬲賰乇乇 丕賱鬲丿賴賵乇 貙 賱丕 爻丕毓丿賵賳賷貙 賱賲 兀毓丿 賯丕丿乇丞 貙 賱丕 鬲鬲乇賰賵賳賷 賵丨賷丿丞
賱賲 丕賮賴賲賴丕 噩賷丿丕 賵鬲丿丕禺賱 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 賰丕賳 賲乇亘賰 貙 亘賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱卮鬲丕卅賲 丕賷囟丕 貙 賵賰乇賴 賵睾囟亘 鬲噩丕賴 丕賱丕禺乇賷賳 丕丨賷丕賳丕 卮毓乇鬲 丕賳賴 賲亘乇乇 賮丕賱賯爻賵丞 賵丕賱乇賮囟 賵丕賱賰乇賴 賷鬲爻亘亘 賮賶 鬲乇丕賰賲 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱爻賱亘賷丞 丿丕禺賱 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵亘丕賱鬲丕賱賶 賯丿 賷睾囟亘 賲賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲 亘兀賰賲賱賴 賵賷賰乇賴賴 .賰賲丕 丕賳 賲賵鬲 丕亘賳鬲賴丕 賵丕亘鬲毓丕丿 夭賵噩賴丕 賵丕禺匕賴 賱丕亘賳賴賲 賱賴 鬲兀孬賷乇 亘丕賱胤亘毓 .
鬲賯賷賷賲賶 賱賴丕 : 伲 賳噩賵賲
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 : 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱賲丨胤賲丞
賲賵賳賷賰 丕賱夭賵噩丞 鬲賰鬲亘 賲匕賰乇丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賷賵賲賷丞 毓賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賵丕賳卮睾丕賱 夭賵噩賴丕 丕賱卮丿賷丿 賮賶 毓賲賱賴 賵鬲睾賷乇 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 亘賷賳賴賲 貙 丨鬲賶 鬲賮丕噩兀 賷賵賲丕 亘廿毓鬲乇丕賮賴 賱賴丕 亘賵噩賵丿 丕賲乇丕丞 丕禺乇賶 賮賶 丨賷丕鬲賴 賵鬲兀賰賷丿賴 丕賳賴 賱賳 賷鬲乇賰賴丕 . 賱鬲鬲匕賰乇 賵毓丿賴賲 賵乇賴丕賳賴賲 毓賱賶 丕賱賵賮丕亍 貙 丕賱乇賴丕賳 丕賱禺丕爻乇 .
賵鬲丨丕賵賱 賮賶 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 丕賱丕賲乇 亘賴丿賵亍 丕賵 賰賲丕 鬲賯賵賱 " 丕賳賶 丕毓鬲賲丿 鬲賰鬲賷賰 丕賱廿亘鬲爻丕賲丞 丿賵賳 毓賳丕亍 貙 賱兀賳賷 賲賯鬲賳毓丞 亘丕賳賴丕 丨賰丕賷丞 賱丕 鬲毓賳賷 丕賱賰孬賷乇 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 廿賱賶 賲賵乇賷爻" 賱鬲噩丿賴 賷賯賵賱 賱賴丕 丕賳賴 爻賷賯囟賶 丕賱賱賷賱丞 賮賶 賲賳夭賱 毓卮賷賯鬲賴 賵賷賯賵賱 "賲丕 丿賲鬲 鬲賯亘賱賷賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 貙 丕鬲乇賰賷賳賷 兀毓賷卮賴丕 賰丕賲賱丞"賱賷賳鬲賴賶 亘賴丕 丕賱丕賲乇 亘丕賱乇囟賵禺"賲丕 丿賲鬲 賯丿 鬲亘賳賷鬲 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱鬲賮賴賲 貙 賵丕賱氐賱丨 貙 賮廿賳賴 賷噩亘 丕賱鬲卮亘孬 亘匕賱賰 . 賷噩亘 兀賱丕 兀丨胤賲 噩亘賴鬲賷 . 賱賵 兀賳賷 丕禺鬲乇鬲 廿賮爻丕丿 賲睾丕賲乇鬲賴 貙 爻鬲亘丿賵 賱賴 兀噩賲賱貙 賵爻賷氐賷亘賴 丕賱賳丿賲 . 毓賳丿賲丕 兀爻賲丨 賱賴 亘丕賱丨賷丕丞 貙 賮廿賳賴 爻賷鬲毓亘 亘爻乇毓丞 ."
賱賰賳 貙 賴賱 爻鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱氐賲鬲 賵賲丨丕賵賱丞 丕賱鬲賮賴賲 責責 賵賴賱 爻鬲賰賵賳 賲噩乇丿 賲睾丕賲乇丞 賵鬲賲囟賶 責責
兀丨爻爻鬲 亘兀賳賷 賮賷 賯丕毓 賯亘乇 貙 丿賲賷 賲鬲賵賯賮 賮賷 毓乇賵賯賷 貙 睾賷乇 賯丕丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱丨乇賰丞 兀賵 丕賱亘賰丕亍
" 賰賳鬲 兀爻賯胤 賵兀爻賯胤 賵賵噩丿鬲 賳賮爻賷 賲丨胤賲丞 鬲賲丕賲丕 "
兀亘丿毓鬲 爻賷賲賵賳 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 馃憦馃憦馃ぉ 賮賷 賵氐賮 廿丨爻丕爻 丕賱夭賵噩丞 賲毓 禺賷丕賳丞 夭賵噩賴丕 賵乇睾亘鬲賴丕 賮賶 丕賱丨賮丕馗 毓賱賷賴 賵 丕噩鬲乇丕乇賴丕 賱匕賰乇賷丕鬲 丕賱賲丕囟賶 賵賲賯丕乇賳鬲賴丕 亘賲卮丕毓乇賴 丕賱丨丕賱賷丞 賵 丕爻鬲丨賵丕匕 丕賱毓卮賷賯丞 毓賱賶 賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱夭賵噩 .賵卮毓賵乇 丕賱夭賵噩丞 丨賷賳 鬲噩丿 丕賳 賲卮丕毓乇 夭賵噩賴丕 丕鬲噩賴鬲 賱丕賲乇丕丞 丕禺乇賶 賵丕賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲毓丿 噩匕丕亘丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 廿賱賷賴 賲賲丕 賷噩毓賱賴丕 鬲卮賰 賵鬲囟毓賮 孬賯鬲賴丕 賮賶 賳賮爻賴丕 賵鬲馗賱 鬲鬲爻丕卅賱 賮賷賲丕 丕禺胤兀鬲 賵賴賱 兀爻丕亍鬲 賱兀亘賳鬲賷賴丕 賵鬲馗賱 鬲丨丕爻亘 賳賮爻賴丕 賵鬲鬲兀賱賲
.卮毓乇鬲 亘賴丕 賵 鬲卮丕亘賰鬲 丕賮賰丕乇賶 賲毓 丕賮賰丕乇賴丕 賵 鬲兀賱賲鬲 賲毓賴丕 賵賰賱賲丕 丕爻鬲賲乇鬲 丕賱丕賷丕賲 賮賶 丕賱賲乇賵乇 夭丕丿 兀賱賲賶 賲賲丕 賷丨丿孬 賲毓賴丕.
賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賱禺賲爻 賳噩賵賲 賰丕賲賱丞 鉂も潳
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賲丨賵乇 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賳賮爻賴 賵丕賱賯氐氐 賱賷爻 噩丿賷丿丕 貙 丿乇丕賲賷丞 夭賵噩賷丞 毓丕卅賱賷丞 毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱丕夭賵丕噩 賵丕賱丕亘賳丕亍 賱賰賳 賲丕 噩匕亘賳賷 賰丕賳 丕爻賱賵亘 爻賷賲賵賳 賮賶 丕賱毓乇囟 禺丕氐丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 .
丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱孬賱丕孬丞 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賮賶 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲賴丕 賵鬲鬲卮丕亘賰 賮賶 賲賵囟賵毓 鬲睾賷賷乇 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 亘賷賳 丕賱夭賵噩賷賳 亘毓丿 爻賳賵丕鬲 胤賵賷賱丞 賲賳 丕賱夭賵丕噩 貙 丕賳鬲賴丕亍 丕賱卮睾賮 貙 鬲丨賵賱 丕賱丨亘 貙 賯賱丞 賵丕賳毓丿丕賲 丕賱兀丨丕丿賷孬 貙 鬲睾賷賷乇 丕賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲丕鬲 賵丕賱丕卮賷丕亍 丕賱鬲賶 賰丕賳鬲 鬲噩賲毓賴賲 賱賲 鬲毓丿 賰賲丕 賯亘賱
賳賴乇 丕賱夭賲賳 貙 賵丕賱鬲毓乇賷丞 丕賱賳丕鬲噩丞 毓賳 噩乇賷丕賳 賲賷丕賴 丕賱賳賴乇 :" 賱賯丿 鬲丌賰賱 丨亘賴 亘賮毓賱 噩乇賷丕賳 賳賴乇 丕賱夭賲賳 "
丕賳丕 禺丿鬲 鬲乇賷賯丞 丕賳賶 丕亘丿兀 丕賱爻賳丞 亘乇賵丕賷丞 亘丕賱兀爻賲 丿賴 馃檲 亘爻 丕賳丕 賰賳鬲 賲賳噩匕亘丞 噩丿丕 丕賳賶 丕亘丿兀 丕賱爻賳丞 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丿賶 賵賲毓 爻賷賲賵賳 賵亘乇睾賲 丕賳賴丕 賲卮 丕賵賱 乇賵丕賷丞 賮毓賱賷丕 賮賷 丕賱爻賳丞 馃檲 亘爻 亘丕賱賳爻亘丕賱賶 賴賶 丕賱兀賵賱賶馃槏 賵賲亘爻賵胤丞 丕賳賶 亘丿兀鬲 亘賷賴丕 馃槏馃ぉ
賴賶 孬賱丕孬賷丞 亘丕卅爻丞 亘爻 噩賲賷賱丞 馃槏
佶 / 佟 / 佗贍佗佟
January 22, 2023
simone de beauvoir just gets women so well... the fear of ageing, the fear of loneliness and being abandoned, the fear of change in relationships, the fear of being a spectator and left behind, the emptiness that comes with that, the questioning of your own sanity, the obsessive nature and needed to be needed. this is three amazing short stories exploring the female mind and perspective, her writing is just gorgeous the last sentence of each story gave me chills. as someone with a fear of losing people with time, and that鈥檚 exactly what happens to all the women in these stories, this felt like a horror. I think these stories (on motherhood, relationships, insecurities, ageing, falling into depression) are probably scarily relatable to all women at some point in their lives
April 12, 2020
It is not my habit to give books, or anything else, star ratings, but looking though other reviews I saw that four was a popular choice for this collection of short stories, and that felt about right. So went with four and indeed further reading confirmed that despite one trip to Rome, there is nothing in this book about post-war Italian politics or curly haired comedians. So four star indeed, and no movement on that.
What we have is a collection of three short stories The Age of Discretion, The Monologue, and The Woman Destroyed. They are all in the tragic mode, I apologise if you saw the title of the collection and imagined something different from a not exactly cheerful but well observed depiction of unhappy states of mind.
Each story - spoiler alert - focuses on a woman, each of the three women stands in relationship to the narrator of , potential other adult selves maybe, so all three women are not only French, but specifically Parisian, and what I would call from a British point of view, upper middle class - research scientists, university academics, potential government ministers and the like . Each woman is in a crisis - sorry another spoiler - I hope you are keeping count.
After reading it was I guess inevitable that any half way reasonable book would stand out as an easy four star read, the intensity of the characters presented means that you don't suspect that they would be ruined or flop over if exposed to the rain of the Paris basin. Indeed the Monologue with it's use of punctuation and paragraphs seems a little old fashioned even for 1967 in its presentation of a continuous stream of consciousness embittered monologue, but then I'm not an upper middle class Parisian woman in the late 1960s perhaps they did think in sentences and paragraphs. Generally while intense and humane, the writing doesn't have some hard to describe additional quality that would lead me to want to force the book in to every one's hands as one might, if moved by a five star read.
I don't have the reading to link these stories to Madame de Beauvoir's philosophical or autobiographical concerns, but across all three stories is a sense of dependency and domination, living through others and living through appearances and of the tremendous grief that ensues when the ploughshare cuts through the mouse's nest .
While de Beauvoir shows us these three women in periods of crisis, some shorter, some longer, it is also plain that the roots of their sorrow run deep, their happiness built on unreliable foundations, they have to carry the burden - particularly marked in the final story, of social expectation. The first and the last women really aren't even dealing with their own crises but are caught up in the effects of the crises of the men in their lives, the different manifestations of resignation in man and son, followed eventually by the woman coming to face as well with her own shortcomings so all three form a triptych of reaction to loss and pain: resignation, anger, the distraction of ambition. The last woman is left reeling by the husband's mid-life crisis as manifested in adultery. Her friend advises her to see a gynecologist, a nice touch with it's suggestion that the suffering woman must finally give birth to herself, but that is no easy process:
But I know that I shall move. The door will open slowly and I shall see what there is behind the door It is the future. The door to the future will open. Slowly. Unrelentingly. I am on the threshold. There is only this door and what is watching behind it. I am afraid. And I cannot call to anyone for help.
I am afraid. (p.220)
What we have is a collection of three short stories The Age of Discretion, The Monologue, and The Woman Destroyed. They are all in the tragic mode, I apologise if you saw the title of the collection and imagined something different from a not exactly cheerful but well observed depiction of unhappy states of mind.
Each story - spoiler alert - focuses on a woman, each of the three women stands in relationship to the narrator of , potential other adult selves maybe, so all three women are not only French, but specifically Parisian, and what I would call from a British point of view, upper middle class - research scientists, university academics, potential government ministers and the like . Each woman is in a crisis - sorry another spoiler - I hope you are keeping count.
After reading it was I guess inevitable that any half way reasonable book would stand out as an easy four star read, the intensity of the characters presented means that you don't suspect that they would be ruined or flop over if exposed to the rain of the Paris basin. Indeed the Monologue with it's use of punctuation and paragraphs seems a little old fashioned even for 1967 in its presentation of a continuous stream of consciousness embittered monologue, but then I'm not an upper middle class Parisian woman in the late 1960s perhaps they did think in sentences and paragraphs. Generally while intense and humane, the writing doesn't have some hard to describe additional quality that would lead me to want to force the book in to every one's hands as one might, if moved by a five star read.
I don't have the reading to link these stories to Madame de Beauvoir's philosophical or autobiographical concerns, but across all three stories is a sense of dependency and domination, living through others and living through appearances and of the tremendous grief that ensues when the ploughshare cuts through the mouse's nest .
While de Beauvoir shows us these three women in periods of crisis, some shorter, some longer, it is also plain that the roots of their sorrow run deep, their happiness built on unreliable foundations, they have to carry the burden - particularly marked in the final story, of social expectation. The first and the last women really aren't even dealing with their own crises but are caught up in the effects of the crises of the men in their lives, the different manifestations of resignation in man and son, followed eventually by the woman coming to face as well with her own shortcomings so all three form a triptych of reaction to loss and pain: resignation, anger, the distraction of ambition. The last woman is left reeling by the husband's mid-life crisis as manifested in adultery. Her friend advises her to see a gynecologist, a nice touch with it's suggestion that the suffering woman must finally give birth to herself, but that is no easy process:
But I know that I shall move. The door will open slowly and I shall see what there is behind the door It is the future. The door to the future will open. Slowly. Unrelentingly. I am on the threshold. There is only this door and what is watching behind it. I am afraid. And I cannot call to anyone for help.
I am afraid. (p.220)
August 4, 2020
I must admit, I started this book with A LOT of negative reviews in mind. I remember De Beauvoir being called pretentious, petty and generally often treated like a joke (at least by a great part of my teachers & scholars that they quoted). Despite my initial animosity, the book is literally phenomenal. The first story, for me at least, was really aesthetically pleasingly in the descriptions of the nature. The main character was relatable in a lot of ways, but because of that at the end I could feel the disappointment, bitterness and chunks of grief. The last story presented (bit by bit) woman鈥檚 life crumbling (as cliche as it is, because of a male). What I found the most moving was the contrast of how the Women started their stories (secure, accomplished and self-confident), but ended up in a place of, seemingly, no return to their past lives. Of course each one of them has dealt with their problems differently. One was one tried to be rational, while others have been tormented by emotions. Reading such detailed description of one鈥檚 emotions can be hard, especially if You are in bad place yourself. On the other hand, this book has one of the best descriptions of feelings I have ever read. It made me suffer with them, share their hopes, dreams and feel their hopelessness. Even though the protagonists are miserable at best most of the times, I feel like this book celebrates womanhood so beautifully. Not only the MAIN focus is put on women and their thoughts, but it makes one wonder if the book itself could be so genius if not written by a female. What I mean is that it shows such emotional vulnerability, which men at that time (& often even nowadays) cannot stomach. After reading this book I honestly dont care if being a fan of De Beauvoir鈥檚 work makes me 鈥渁 crazy feminist鈥� and a rather 鈥渓augh-worthy part of literary society鈥� as my teachers would say. In hindsight younger me should have known that people praising the so called 鈥渄ead, white men club鈥� wouldn鈥檛 be really objective on a piece of writing so overwhelmingly female (and i mean it in the best way possible). This book brought me great joy & taught me a lot about my emotions. I would recommend to anyone, who likes literature that is tender, but at the same time drastic.
October 11, 2024
賷丕 丌賱賴賷 ..毓賱賷賾 兀賳 丕賱鬲賯胤 兀賳賮丕爻賷 兀賵賱丕賸 亘毓丿 兀賳 賯囟賷鬲 亘囟毓丞 兀賷丕賲 睾丕乇賯丞 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 丕賱賯氐賷乇丞 賵丕賱毓賲賷賯丞 賮賷 丌賳 賵丕丨丿....
* 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶* " 爻賳 丕賱鬲毓賯賱"
賰丕鬲亘丞 兀丨賷賱鬲 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賯丕毓丿 賲賳 賵馗賷賮丞 丕賱鬲丿乇賷爻 亘丕賱噩丕賲毓丞 貙 賷丨賷丿 丕亘賳賴丕 毓賳 丕賱禺乇賷胤丞 丕賱鬲賷 乇爻賲鬲賴丕 賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱賴 丕賱賲賴賳賷 貙 賱賯丿 亘丕鬲 賷乇賶 丕賱兀賲賵乇 賲賳 夭賵丕賷丕 賲睾丕賷乇丞 賮賱賲 鬲鬲賯亘賱 匕賱賰 賱賷睾賲乇賴丕 爻賷賱丕賸 賲賳 丕賱卮賰賵賰 賵鬲賰賷賱 丕賱廿鬲賴丕賲丕鬲 賱夭賵噩賴丕 賱賰賵賳賴 賲鬲賵丕胤卅丕賸 賲毓 丕亘賳賴丕 ...
鬲爻賷胤乇 毓賱賷賴丕 丨丕賱丞 賲賳 丕賱毓丿丕卅賷丞 賵丕賱囟睾賷賳丞 賵丕賱卮乇丕爻丞 貙 鬲爻賯胤 賮賷 卮乇賰 丕賱賷兀爻 賵丕賱賱丕賲亘丕賱丕丞 禺丕氐丞 亘毓丿賲丕 鬲鬲賱賯賶 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 賳賯丿丕賸 爻賱亘賷丕賸 賲賳 丕賱丕氐丿賯丕亍 賵丕賱賳賯丕丿...
賷爻鬲賵賱賷 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱禺賵賮 賲賳 卮亘丨 丕賱賲賵鬲 丕賱賲購賯賱賯 貙 賵賲丕丿丕賲 丕賱鬲爻賱賷賲 賱賱卮賷禺賵禺丞 亘丕鬲 丕賲乇丕賸 賲丨鬲賲丕賸 賱賷賰賳 亘乇賮賯丞 夭賵噩賴丕 ...賲毓丕賸 丨鬲賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞....
*丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 * "賲賵賳賵賱賵噩"
丕賲乇兀丞 賮賯丿鬲 丕亘賳鬲賴丕 賵爻購賱賽亘 賲賳賴丕 丕亘賳賴丕 亘毓丿賲丕 禺爻乇鬲 夭賵噩賴丕....賵賮賷 賲賵賳賵賱賵噩 丿丕禺賱賷 鬲氐亘 爻禺胤賴丕 賵睾囟亘賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 亘兀爻乇賴...賰賱 卮賷亍 禺爻賷爻...丨賯賷乇...貙 鬲乇夭丨 丨夭賷賳丞 鬲丨鬲 孬賯賱 丕賱兀賱賲 賵丕賱賵丨丿丞...
毓丕賱賲 賲賵亘賵亍 亘丕賱兀賵睾丕丿...賰賲 鬲賵丿 兀賳 鬲賳夭毓 毓賳 丕賱賵噩賵賴 丕賱兀賯賳毓丞..鬲賰賲賲 丕賱兀賮賵丕賴 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丿賷賳賴丕 賵鬲丨賰賲 毓賱賷賴丕 貙 賰賱 匕丕賰 賵鬲乇丕賴丕 亘氐賵鬲 賲鬲賯胤毓 ..氐丕禺亘 貙 賵賯賱亘 賲賳賴賰 貙 賵乇賵丨 丨丕賯丿丞 毓賱賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 鬲毓賷丿 爻乇丿 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞....
*丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞* " 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱賲丨胤賲丞"
兀賷賯賵賳丞 賮賳賷丞 兀丿亘賷丞 鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賳 賷丨賲賱 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕爻賲賴丕...賵賴賶 賲賳 兀賴丿賷賴丕 丕賱禺賲爻 賳噩賵賲....
丕賲乇兀丞 鬲丿賵賳 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 亘毓丿賲丕 爻賷禺賵賳賴丕 夭賵噩賴丕 賲毓 丕賲乇兀丞 兀禺乇賶 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷鬲乇賰賴丕...
兀賲丕賲 乇噩賱 毓丕賱賯 亘賷賳 丕賲乇兀鬲賷賳 ...鬲乇丕賴丕 賰賷賮 賰丕賳 賲氐賷乇賴丕 責
爻鬲鬲丨賱賶 亘賮囟賷賱丞 丕賱氐亘乇 賱兀賳賴丕 賵丕孬賯丞 賲賳 丕爻鬲毓丕丿鬲賴 ..毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賮卮賱 ...鬲鬲卮亘孬 亘賲丕囟賺 鬲毓乇賮賴 噩賷丿丕賸 賵賱賰賳賴丕 鬲睾賮賱 廿賳賴 兀氐亘丨 賲賳賮氐賱丕賸 毓賳 丨丕囟乇丕賸 賱賲 鬲毓丿 鬲賮賴賲 賮賷賴 卮賷卅丕賸 貙 賱毓賱賴丕 鬲賳鬲夭毓 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞...兀賷 丨賯賷賯丞 責責..
丨賯賷賯丞 丨亘 噩賲毓賴丕 賵夭賵噩賴丕 賱爻賳賵丕鬲 胤賵丕賱 貙 丕毓鬲乇賮鬲 亘兀禺胤丕卅賴丕 賵丨丕賵賱鬲 鬲丿丕乇賰 賲丕 賮丕鬲...
鬲鬲禺亘胤 賷賲賳丞 賵賷爻丕乇丕賸 賮賷 賲丨丕賵賱丞 賱乇賮囟 丕賱鬲爻賱賷賲 亘丕賱禺爻丕乇丞 兀賲丕賲 睾乇賷賲鬲賴丕 ...
賱賯丿 乇兀賷鬲賴丕 亘兀賳賮丕爻 賲禺鬲賳賯丞 ..賲賴夭賵賲丞 賮丕乇睾丞 賲賳 丕賱丿丕禺賱 廿賱丕 賲賳 丕賱賴賵丕噩爻 賵丕賱兀賰丕匕賷亘 鬲賳賴卮賴丕...
賱賲 鬲賰賳 鬲乇賶 賳賮爻賴丕 廿賱丕 亘毓賷賳賷賴 ...賱賲 鬲乇丿 兀賳 鬲氐丿賯 亘兀賳賴 賱賲 賷毓丿 賱賴丕 ...鬲乇賶 兀賳 毓賱丕賯鬲賴賲丕 鬲鬲睾賷乇 ..鬲爻賵亍 賵賱賰賳賴丕 賱賳 鬲賳賯胤毓..!!
鬲鬲噩賱賶 兀賳丕賳賷丞 丕賱乇噩賱 毓賳丿 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱丨馗丞 賱賷購賱賯賷 毓賱賶 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丨夭賲丞 賲賳 丕賱廿鬲賴丕賲丕鬲 丕賱賮丕乇睾丞 亘丿賱丕賸 賲賳 丕賱廿賯乇丕乇 亘兀賳賴 賷賳夭毓 廿賱賶 亘丿亍 丨賷丕丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賵亘兀賳 丕賱亘丿丕賴丞 鬲賮賷丿 亘兀賳 賯氐氐 丕賱丨亘 賱丕 鬲丿賵賲 鬲賮賯丿 兀賱賯賴丕 賵鬲匕賵賷 賰賱賲丕 賲囟賶 賳賴乇 丕賱夭賲賳 賵噩乇賮 賰賱 卮賷亍 亘胤乇賷賯賴...
賴丕 賴賶 鬲爻賯胤 賮賷 丿賵丕賲丞 賲賳 丕賱賷兀爻貙 賱賯丿 禺丕乇鬲 賯賵丕賴丕...賮賯丿鬲 丨賷賵賷鬲賴丕 賵丨賲丕爻鬲賴丕 貙 廿賳賴丕 鬲爻賯胤...鬲乇鬲胤賲 兀禺賷乇丕賸 亘丕賱賯丕毓...賱賲 賷賰賳 丕乇鬲胤丕賲丕賸 賲丿賵賷丕賸...賰丕賳 賲購賯賳毓丕賸..賲賰鬲賵賲丕賸...賲丐賱賲丕賸..賵賯丕爻賷丕賸...
賱賯丿 鬲丨胤賲鬲 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賮丕賳鬲 賮賷 亘匕賱 丕賱丨亘 賱夭賵噩賴丕 賵毓丕卅賱鬲賴丕....
賴賱 鬲丨胤賲鬲 毓賳丿賲丕 亘丕鬲鬲 賵丨賷丿丞 ...責責
賱丕 亘賱 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賲賱賰賴丕 丕賱禺賵賮 毓賳丿 賳賯胤丞 丕賱賱丕毓賵丿丞...賱賲 賷賴亘 兀丨丿 賱賲爻丕毓丿鬲賴丕 ...
賱賰賳賷 兀毓乇賮 賷賯賷賳丕賸 兀賳賷 爻兀鬲丨乇賰....爻賷賮鬲丨 丕賱亘丕亘 賵爻兀乇賶 賲丕匕丕 賵乇丕亍賴 ..廿賳賴 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 ..爻賷購賮鬲丨 亘丕亘 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 ..亘亘胤亍 .亘乇亘丕胤丞 噩兀卮....
* 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶* " 爻賳 丕賱鬲毓賯賱"
賰丕鬲亘丞 兀丨賷賱鬲 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賯丕毓丿 賲賳 賵馗賷賮丞 丕賱鬲丿乇賷爻 亘丕賱噩丕賲毓丞 貙 賷丨賷丿 丕亘賳賴丕 毓賳 丕賱禺乇賷胤丞 丕賱鬲賷 乇爻賲鬲賴丕 賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱賴 丕賱賲賴賳賷 貙 賱賯丿 亘丕鬲 賷乇賶 丕賱兀賲賵乇 賲賳 夭賵丕賷丕 賲睾丕賷乇丞 賮賱賲 鬲鬲賯亘賱 匕賱賰 賱賷睾賲乇賴丕 爻賷賱丕賸 賲賳 丕賱卮賰賵賰 賵鬲賰賷賱 丕賱廿鬲賴丕賲丕鬲 賱夭賵噩賴丕 賱賰賵賳賴 賲鬲賵丕胤卅丕賸 賲毓 丕亘賳賴丕 ...
鬲爻賷胤乇 毓賱賷賴丕 丨丕賱丞 賲賳 丕賱毓丿丕卅賷丞 賵丕賱囟睾賷賳丞 賵丕賱卮乇丕爻丞 貙 鬲爻賯胤 賮賷 卮乇賰 丕賱賷兀爻 賵丕賱賱丕賲亘丕賱丕丞 禺丕氐丞 亘毓丿賲丕 鬲鬲賱賯賶 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 賳賯丿丕賸 爻賱亘賷丕賸 賲賳 丕賱丕氐丿賯丕亍 賵丕賱賳賯丕丿...
賷爻鬲賵賱賷 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱禺賵賮 賲賳 卮亘丨 丕賱賲賵鬲 丕賱賲購賯賱賯 貙 賵賲丕丿丕賲 丕賱鬲爻賱賷賲 賱賱卮賷禺賵禺丞 亘丕鬲 丕賲乇丕賸 賲丨鬲賲丕賸 賱賷賰賳 亘乇賮賯丞 夭賵噩賴丕 ...賲毓丕賸 丨鬲賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞....
*丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 * "賲賵賳賵賱賵噩"
丕賲乇兀丞 賮賯丿鬲 丕亘賳鬲賴丕 賵爻購賱賽亘 賲賳賴丕 丕亘賳賴丕 亘毓丿賲丕 禺爻乇鬲 夭賵噩賴丕....賵賮賷 賲賵賳賵賱賵噩 丿丕禺賱賷 鬲氐亘 爻禺胤賴丕 賵睾囟亘賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 亘兀爻乇賴...賰賱 卮賷亍 禺爻賷爻...丨賯賷乇...貙 鬲乇夭丨 丨夭賷賳丞 鬲丨鬲 孬賯賱 丕賱兀賱賲 賵丕賱賵丨丿丞...
毓丕賱賲 賲賵亘賵亍 亘丕賱兀賵睾丕丿...賰賲 鬲賵丿 兀賳 鬲賳夭毓 毓賳 丕賱賵噩賵賴 丕賱兀賯賳毓丞..鬲賰賲賲 丕賱兀賮賵丕賴 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丿賷賳賴丕 賵鬲丨賰賲 毓賱賷賴丕 貙 賰賱 匕丕賰 賵鬲乇丕賴丕 亘氐賵鬲 賲鬲賯胤毓 ..氐丕禺亘 貙 賵賯賱亘 賲賳賴賰 貙 賵乇賵丨 丨丕賯丿丞 毓賱賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 鬲毓賷丿 爻乇丿 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞....
*丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞* " 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱賲丨胤賲丞"
兀賷賯賵賳丞 賮賳賷丞 兀丿亘賷丞 鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賳 賷丨賲賱 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕爻賲賴丕...賵賴賶 賲賳 兀賴丿賷賴丕 丕賱禺賲爻 賳噩賵賲....
丕賲乇兀丞 鬲丿賵賳 賷賵賲賷丕鬲賴丕 亘毓丿賲丕 爻賷禺賵賳賴丕 夭賵噩賴丕 賲毓 丕賲乇兀丞 兀禺乇賶 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷鬲乇賰賴丕...
兀賲丕賲 乇噩賱 毓丕賱賯 亘賷賳 丕賲乇兀鬲賷賳 ...鬲乇丕賴丕 賰賷賮 賰丕賳 賲氐賷乇賴丕 責
爻鬲鬲丨賱賶 亘賮囟賷賱丞 丕賱氐亘乇 賱兀賳賴丕 賵丕孬賯丞 賲賳 丕爻鬲毓丕丿鬲賴 ..毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賮卮賱 ...鬲鬲卮亘孬 亘賲丕囟賺 鬲毓乇賮賴 噩賷丿丕賸 賵賱賰賳賴丕 鬲睾賮賱 廿賳賴 兀氐亘丨 賲賳賮氐賱丕賸 毓賳 丨丕囟乇丕賸 賱賲 鬲毓丿 鬲賮賴賲 賮賷賴 卮賷卅丕賸 貙 賱毓賱賴丕 鬲賳鬲夭毓 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞...兀賷 丨賯賷賯丞 責責..
丨賯賷賯丞 丨亘 噩賲毓賴丕 賵夭賵噩賴丕 賱爻賳賵丕鬲 胤賵丕賱 貙 丕毓鬲乇賮鬲 亘兀禺胤丕卅賴丕 賵丨丕賵賱鬲 鬲丿丕乇賰 賲丕 賮丕鬲...
鬲鬲禺亘胤 賷賲賳丞 賵賷爻丕乇丕賸 賮賷 賲丨丕賵賱丞 賱乇賮囟 丕賱鬲爻賱賷賲 亘丕賱禺爻丕乇丞 兀賲丕賲 睾乇賷賲鬲賴丕 ...
賱賯丿 乇兀賷鬲賴丕 亘兀賳賮丕爻 賲禺鬲賳賯丞 ..賲賴夭賵賲丞 賮丕乇睾丞 賲賳 丕賱丿丕禺賱 廿賱丕 賲賳 丕賱賴賵丕噩爻 賵丕賱兀賰丕匕賷亘 鬲賳賴卮賴丕...
賱賲 鬲賰賳 鬲乇賶 賳賮爻賴丕 廿賱丕 亘毓賷賳賷賴 ...賱賲 鬲乇丿 兀賳 鬲氐丿賯 亘兀賳賴 賱賲 賷毓丿 賱賴丕 ...鬲乇賶 兀賳 毓賱丕賯鬲賴賲丕 鬲鬲睾賷乇 ..鬲爻賵亍 賵賱賰賳賴丕 賱賳 鬲賳賯胤毓..!!
鬲鬲噩賱賶 兀賳丕賳賷丞 丕賱乇噩賱 毓賳丿 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱丨馗丞 賱賷購賱賯賷 毓賱賶 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丨夭賲丞 賲賳 丕賱廿鬲賴丕賲丕鬲 丕賱賮丕乇睾丞 亘丿賱丕賸 賲賳 丕賱廿賯乇丕乇 亘兀賳賴 賷賳夭毓 廿賱賶 亘丿亍 丨賷丕丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賵亘兀賳 丕賱亘丿丕賴丞 鬲賮賷丿 亘兀賳 賯氐氐 丕賱丨亘 賱丕 鬲丿賵賲 鬲賮賯丿 兀賱賯賴丕 賵鬲匕賵賷 賰賱賲丕 賲囟賶 賳賴乇 丕賱夭賲賳 賵噩乇賮 賰賱 卮賷亍 亘胤乇賷賯賴...
賴丕 賴賶 鬲爻賯胤 賮賷 丿賵丕賲丞 賲賳 丕賱賷兀爻貙 賱賯丿 禺丕乇鬲 賯賵丕賴丕...賮賯丿鬲 丨賷賵賷鬲賴丕 賵丨賲丕爻鬲賴丕 貙 廿賳賴丕 鬲爻賯胤...鬲乇鬲胤賲 兀禺賷乇丕賸 亘丕賱賯丕毓...賱賲 賷賰賳 丕乇鬲胤丕賲丕賸 賲丿賵賷丕賸...賰丕賳 賲購賯賳毓丕賸..賲賰鬲賵賲丕賸...賲丐賱賲丕賸..賵賯丕爻賷丕賸...
賱賯丿 鬲丨胤賲鬲 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賮丕賳鬲 賮賷 亘匕賱 丕賱丨亘 賱夭賵噩賴丕 賵毓丕卅賱鬲賴丕....
賴賱 鬲丨胤賲鬲 毓賳丿賲丕 亘丕鬲鬲 賵丨賷丿丞 ...責責
賱丕 亘賱 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賲賱賰賴丕 丕賱禺賵賮 毓賳丿 賳賯胤丞 丕賱賱丕毓賵丿丞...賱賲 賷賴亘 兀丨丿 賱賲爻丕毓丿鬲賴丕 ...
賱賰賳賷 兀毓乇賮 賷賯賷賳丕賸 兀賳賷 爻兀鬲丨乇賰....爻賷賮鬲丨 丕賱亘丕亘 賵爻兀乇賶 賲丕匕丕 賵乇丕亍賴 ..廿賳賴 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 ..爻賷購賮鬲丨 亘丕亘 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 ..亘亘胤亍 .亘乇亘丕胤丞 噩兀卮....
September 9, 2011
I gave this book 5 stars, but I didn't enjoy it. If a book can move me the way this one moved me, I consider it a great book. However, I felt so bad for the characters in this set of 3 short stories (one in particular) that I finished it literally feeling angry! I was glad to finish it.
October 18, 2020
La Femme Rompue = The Broken Woman, Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises.
毓賳賵丕賳賴丕: 夭賳鈥� 丿乇 賴鈥嵸呪€� 卮鈥嵹┾€嵷斥€嵷€嵸団€屫� 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴貨 丕孬乇: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 趩賴丕乇賲 賲丕賴 賲丕乇爻 爻丕賱 2008賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 夭賳鈥� 丿乇 賴鈥嵸呪€� 卮鈥嵹┾€嵷斥€嵷€嵸団€屫� 丕孬乇: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賳丕氐乇 丕蹖鈥嵷必з嗏€嵷堌斥€嵷€屫� 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕乇丿蹖亘賴卮鬲貨 1364貨 丿乇 272氐貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1389貨 卮丕亘讴 9789641710585貨 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 賮乇丕賳爻賵蹖 - 爻丿賴 20賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴貨 丕孬乇: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賳丕賴蹖丿 賮乇賵睾丕賳貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳卮乇 賲乇讴夭貙 1368貨 丿乇 148氐貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1368貨 趩賴丕乇賲 1377貨 倬賳噩賲 1381貨 卮卮賲 1383貨 趩丕倬 賳賴賲 1386貨 丿賴賲 1388貨 卮丕亘讴 9789643053550貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 夭賳 乇賴丕 卮丿賴貨 丕孬乇: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲賳蹖跇賴 丌賴賳蹖貨 爻賵卅丿貙 賳卮乇 蹖丕乇丕賳貙 1374貨 丿乇 255氐貙 丿賵 噩賱丿 丿乇 蹖讴 賲噩賱丿貨
亘丕 毓鈥嵸嗏€嵸堌з� 芦夭賳鈥� 丿乇 賴鈥嵸呪€� 卮鈥嵹┾€嵷斥€嵷€嵸団€屄� 賴鈥嵸呪€嵷必з団€� 蹖鈥嵹┾€� 丿丕爻鈥嵷€嵷з嗏€� 丿蹖鈥嵹€嵷� 丿乇 爻鈥嵷з勨€� 1364賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖 賵 1368賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖 亘鈥嵷� 鬲鈥嵷必€嵸呪€嵸団€� 噩賳丕亘 丌賯丕蹖 芦賳丕氐乇 丕蹖鈥嵷必з嗏€嵷堌斥€嵷€屄回� 鬲鈥嵸堌斥€嵷� 丕賳鈥嵷€嵷粹€嵷ж必ж€� 丕乇丿蹖亘賴卮鬲 賲鈥嵸嗏€嵷€嵷粹€嵷� 卮鈥嵷団€� 丕爻鬲
趩蹖夭蹖 倬卮鬲 丿乇 讴賲蹖賳 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 丕诏乇 鬲讴丕賳 賳禺賵乇賲 亘丕夭 賳禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿貙 亘蹖颅丨乇讴鬲 賲丕賳丿賳 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲蹖卮賴 賲鬲賵賯賮 讴乇丿賳 夭賲丕賳 賵 賲讴丕賳 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖颅爻鬲貨 賵賱蹖 賲蹖颅丿丕賳賲 讴賴 鬲讴丕賳 禺賵丕賴賲 禺賵乇丿貙 丿乇 亘賴 丌乇丕賲蹖 亘丕夭 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿貙 賵 丌賳趩賴 乇丕 倬卮鬲 丿乇 丕爻鬲 禺賵丕賴賲 丿蹖丿貙 丌蹖賳丿賴...貨 丿乇 賽 丌蹖賳丿賴 亘丕夭 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿貙 亘賴 丌乇丕賲蹖貨 亘賴 胤賵乇 丨鬲賲 丕讴賳賵賳 亘乇 丌爻鬲丕賳賴颅 蹖 丌賳 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴颅 丕賲貨 噩夭 丕蹖賳 丿乇 賵 丌賳趩賴 倬卮鬲 丌賳 讴賲蹖賳 讴乇锟斤拷賴 丕爻鬲 趩蹖夭蹖 賳丿丕乇賲貨 賲蹖颅鬲乇爻賲貨 賳賲蹖颅鬲賵丕賳賲 讴爻蹖 乇丕 亘賴 讴賲讴 亘禺賵丕賴賲貨 賲蹖颅鬲乇爻賲...貨 賯爻賲鬲蹖 丕夭 乇賲丕賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴 丕孬乇 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵賵丕乇
賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 芦夭賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄 卮丕賲賱 爻賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘丕 毓賳賵丕賳颅賴丕蹖: 芦夭賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄貙 芦鬲讴 诏賵蹖蹖禄 賵 芦爻賳 乇丕夭丿丕乇蹖禄 丕爻鬲貨 賴乇 爻賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳賯丿蹖颅 亘賴 乇賮鬲丕乇賴丕蹖 夭賳丕賳 丿乇 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴貙 賵 鬲賳 丿丕丿賳 丿丕賵胤賱亘丕賳賴颅 蹖 丌賳颅賴丕 亘賴 賮乇賵丿爻鬲蹖 丕爻鬲貨 丿乇 芦夭賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄 丕蹖賳 鬲爻賱蹖賲 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 鬲賳 丿丕丿賳 亘賴 賵馗丕蹖賮 禺丕賳诏蹖貙 賵 鬲乇讴 讴丕乇 丿乇 亘蹖乇賵賳 丕夭 禺丕賳賴貙 鬲噩賱蹖 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖颅讴賳丿貙 丿乇 芦鬲讴 诏賵蹖蹖禄 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 丕噩亘丕乇 丿禺鬲乇丕賳 亘賴 丕夭丿賵丕噩 鬲丨賲蹖賱蹖 鬲賵爻胤 賲丕丿乇貙 賵 丿乇 芦爻賳 乇丕夭丿丕乇蹖禄 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 賳倬匕蹖乇賮鬲賳 噩丿丕蹖蹖 賮乇夭賳丿丕賳 丕夭 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴貙 賵 丌睾丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲爻鬲賯賱 鬲賵爻胤 賲丕丿乇貨 芦夭賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄 亘乇丕蹖 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 亘丕乇貙 賴賲乇丕賴 亘丕 胤乇丨賴丕蹖 禺賵丕賴乇 芦爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇 - 賴賱賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇 賳賯丕卮禄貨 丿乇 蹖讴 賲噩賱賴 蹖 夭賳丕賳賴 蹖 芦賮乇丕賳爻賵蹖禄貙 賲噩賱賴 芦丕賱禄貙 亘賴 趩丕倬 乇爻蹖丿貙 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 丌賳 乇丕 丕孬乇蹖 爻胤丨蹖 丿丕賳爻鬲賳丿貙 丕賲丕 芦丿賵亘賵丕乇禄 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丌賳 賲蹖诏賵蹖賳丿: 芦賴乇诏夭 趩蹖夭蹖 丕賳丿賵賴诏蹖賳颅鬲乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 爻乇诏匕卮鬲貙 賳賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿賲禄 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 26/07/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Simone de Beauvoir draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises.
毓賳賵丕賳賴丕: 夭賳鈥� 丿乇 賴鈥嵸呪€� 卮鈥嵹┾€嵷斥€嵷€嵸団€屫� 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴貨 丕孬乇: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 趩賴丕乇賲 賲丕賴 賲丕乇爻 爻丕賱 2008賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 夭賳鈥� 丿乇 賴鈥嵸呪€� 卮鈥嵹┾€嵷斥€嵷€嵸団€屫� 丕孬乇: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賳丕氐乇 丕蹖鈥嵷必з嗏€嵷堌斥€嵷€屫� 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕乇丿蹖亘賴卮鬲貨 1364貨 丿乇 272氐貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1389貨 卮丕亘讴 9789641710585貨 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 賮乇丕賳爻賵蹖 - 爻丿賴 20賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴貨 丕孬乇: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賳丕賴蹖丿 賮乇賵睾丕賳貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳卮乇 賲乇讴夭貙 1368貨 丿乇 148氐貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1368貨 趩賴丕乇賲 1377貨 倬賳噩賲 1381貨 卮卮賲 1383貨 趩丕倬 賳賴賲 1386貨 丿賴賲 1388貨 卮丕亘讴 9789643053550貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 夭賳 乇賴丕 卮丿賴貨 丕孬乇: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲賳蹖跇賴 丌賴賳蹖貨 爻賵卅丿貙 賳卮乇 蹖丕乇丕賳貙 1374貨 丿乇 255氐貙 丿賵 噩賱丿 丿乇 蹖讴 賲噩賱丿貨
亘丕 毓鈥嵸嗏€嵸堌з� 芦夭賳鈥� 丿乇 賴鈥嵸呪€� 卮鈥嵹┾€嵷斥€嵷€嵸団€屄� 賴鈥嵸呪€嵷必з団€� 蹖鈥嵹┾€� 丿丕爻鈥嵷€嵷з嗏€� 丿蹖鈥嵹€嵷� 丿乇 爻鈥嵷з勨€� 1364賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖 賵 1368賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖 亘鈥嵷� 鬲鈥嵷必€嵸呪€嵸団€� 噩賳丕亘 丌賯丕蹖 芦賳丕氐乇 丕蹖鈥嵷必з嗏€嵷堌斥€嵷€屄回� 鬲鈥嵸堌斥€嵷� 丕賳鈥嵷€嵷粹€嵷ж必ж€� 丕乇丿蹖亘賴卮鬲 賲鈥嵸嗏€嵷€嵷粹€嵷� 卮鈥嵷団€� 丕爻鬲
趩蹖夭蹖 倬卮鬲 丿乇 讴賲蹖賳 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 丕诏乇 鬲讴丕賳 賳禺賵乇賲 亘丕夭 賳禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿貙 亘蹖颅丨乇讴鬲 賲丕賳丿賳 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲蹖卮賴 賲鬲賵賯賮 讴乇丿賳 夭賲丕賳 賵 賲讴丕賳 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖颅爻鬲貨 賵賱蹖 賲蹖颅丿丕賳賲 讴賴 鬲讴丕賳 禺賵丕賴賲 禺賵乇丿貙 丿乇 亘賴 丌乇丕賲蹖 亘丕夭 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿貙 賵 丌賳趩賴 乇丕 倬卮鬲 丿乇 丕爻鬲 禺賵丕賴賲 丿蹖丿貙 丌蹖賳丿賴...貨 丿乇 賽 丌蹖賳丿賴 亘丕夭 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿貙 亘賴 丌乇丕賲蹖貨 亘賴 胤賵乇 丨鬲賲 丕讴賳賵賳 亘乇 丌爻鬲丕賳賴颅 蹖 丌賳 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴颅 丕賲貨 噩夭 丕蹖賳 丿乇 賵 丌賳趩賴 倬卮鬲 丌賳 讴賲蹖賳 讴乇锟斤拷賴 丕爻鬲 趩蹖夭蹖 賳丿丕乇賲貨 賲蹖颅鬲乇爻賲貨 賳賲蹖颅鬲賵丕賳賲 讴爻蹖 乇丕 亘賴 讴賲讴 亘禺賵丕賴賲貨 賲蹖颅鬲乇爻賲...貨 賯爻賲鬲蹖 丕夭 乇賲丕賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴 丕孬乇 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵賵丕乇
賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 芦夭賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄 卮丕賲賱 爻賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘丕 毓賳賵丕賳颅賴丕蹖: 芦夭賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄貙 芦鬲讴 诏賵蹖蹖禄 賵 芦爻賳 乇丕夭丿丕乇蹖禄 丕爻鬲貨 賴乇 爻賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳賯丿蹖颅 亘賴 乇賮鬲丕乇賴丕蹖 夭賳丕賳 丿乇 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴貙 賵 鬲賳 丿丕丿賳 丿丕賵胤賱亘丕賳賴颅 蹖 丌賳颅賴丕 亘賴 賮乇賵丿爻鬲蹖 丕爻鬲貨 丿乇 芦夭賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄 丕蹖賳 鬲爻賱蹖賲 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 鬲賳 丿丕丿賳 亘賴 賵馗丕蹖賮 禺丕賳诏蹖貙 賵 鬲乇讴 讴丕乇 丿乇 亘蹖乇賵賳 丕夭 禺丕賳賴貙 鬲噩賱蹖 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖颅讴賳丿貙 丿乇 芦鬲讴 诏賵蹖蹖禄 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 丕噩亘丕乇 丿禺鬲乇丕賳 亘賴 丕夭丿賵丕噩 鬲丨賲蹖賱蹖 鬲賵爻胤 賲丕丿乇貙 賵 丿乇 芦爻賳 乇丕夭丿丕乇蹖禄 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 賳倬匕蹖乇賮鬲賳 噩丿丕蹖蹖 賮乇夭賳丿丕賳 丕夭 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴貙 賵 丌睾丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲爻鬲賯賱 鬲賵爻胤 賲丕丿乇貨 芦夭賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄 亘乇丕蹖 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 亘丕乇貙 賴賲乇丕賴 亘丕 胤乇丨賴丕蹖 禺賵丕賴乇 芦爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇 - 賴賱賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇 賳賯丕卮禄貨 丿乇 蹖讴 賲噩賱賴 蹖 夭賳丕賳賴 蹖 芦賮乇丕賳爻賵蹖禄貙 賲噩賱賴 芦丕賱禄貙 亘賴 趩丕倬 乇爻蹖丿貙 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 丌賳 乇丕 丕孬乇蹖 爻胤丨蹖 丿丕賳爻鬲賳丿貙 丕賲丕 芦丿賵亘賵丕乇禄 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丌賳 賲蹖诏賵蹖賳丿: 芦賴乇诏夭 趩蹖夭蹖 丕賳丿賵賴诏蹖賳颅鬲乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 爻乇诏匕卮鬲貙 賳賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿賲禄 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 26/07/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
April 30, 2023
if my man behaved like that id go insane too
October 22, 2020
La Femme Rompue = The Broken Woman, Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises. Three long stories that draw the reader into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises.
L鈥櫭俫e de discr茅tion
Monologue
La Femme rompue
毓賳賵丕賳賴丕: 芦夭賳鈥� 丿乇 賴鈥嵸呪€� 卮鈥嵹┾€嵷斥€嵷€嵸嚶烩€屫� 芦賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄貨 芦夭賲丕賳 乇丕夭丿丕乇蹖禄貨 丕孬乇: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 趩賴丕乇賲 賲丕賴 賲丕乇爻 爻丕賱 2008賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 夭賳鈥� 丿乇 賴鈥嵸呪€� 卮鈥嵹┾€嵷斥€嵷€嵸団€屫� 丕孬乇: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賳丕氐乇 丕蹖鈥嵷必з嗏€嵷堌斥€嵷€屫� 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕乇丿蹖亘賴卮鬲貨 1364貨 丿乇 272氐貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1389貨 卮丕亘讴 9789641710585貨 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 賮乇丕賳爻賵蹖 - 爻丿賴 20賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴貨 丕孬乇: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賳丕賴蹖丿 賮乇賵睾丕賳貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳卮乇 賲乇讴夭貙 1368貨 丿乇 148氐貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1368貨 趩賴丕乇賲 1377貨 倬賳噩賲 1381貨 卮卮賲 1383貨 趩丕倬 賳賴賲 1386貨 丿賴賲 1388貨 卮丕亘讴 9789643053550貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 夭賳 乇賴丕 卮丿賴貨 丕孬乇: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲賳蹖跇賴 丌賴賳蹖貨 爻賵卅丿貙 賳卮乇 蹖丕乇丕賳貙 1374貨 丿乇 255氐貙 丿賵 噩賱丿 丿乇 蹖讴 賲噩賱丿貨
亘丕 毓鈥嵸嗏€嵸堌з� 芦夭賳鈥� 丿乇 賴鈥嵸呪€� 卮鈥嵹┾€嵷斥€嵷€嵸団€屄� 賴鈥嵸呪€嵷必з団€� 蹖鈥嵹┾€� 丿丕爻鈥嵷€嵷з嗏€� 丿蹖鈥嵹€嵷� 丿乇 爻鈥嵷з勨€� 1364賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖 賵 1368賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖 亘鈥嵷� 鬲鈥嵷必€嵸呪€嵸団€� 噩賳丕亘 丌賯丕蹖 芦賳丕氐乇 丕蹖鈥嵷必з嗏€嵷堌斥€嵷€屄回� 鬲鈥嵸堌斥€嵷� 丕賳鈥嵷€嵷粹€嵷ж必ж€� 丕乇丿蹖亘賴卮鬲 賲鈥嵸嗏€嵷€嵷粹€嵷� 卮鈥嵷団€� 丕爻鬲
毓賳賵丕賳: 夭賲丕賳 乇丕夭丿丕乇蹖貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 卮賴賱丕 丨賲夭丕賵蹖貨 賳卮乇 賯胤乇賴貨 1389貨 丿乇 112氐貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1395貨 丿乇 110氐貨 卮丕亘讴 9786001191244貨
趩蹖夭蹖 倬卮鬲 丿乇 讴賲蹖賳 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 丕诏乇 鬲讴丕賳 賳禺賵乇賲 亘丕夭 賳禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿貙 亘蹖颅丨乇讴鬲 賲丕賳丿賳 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲蹖卮賴 賲鬲賵賯賮 讴乇丿賳 夭賲丕賳 賵 賲讴丕賳 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖颅爻鬲貨 賵賱蹖 賲蹖颅丿丕賳賲 讴賴 鬲讴丕賳 禺賵丕賴賲 禺賵乇丿貙 丿乇 亘賴 丌乇丕賲蹖 亘丕夭 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿貙 賵 丌賳趩賴 乇丕 倬卮鬲 丿乇 丕爻鬲 禺賵丕賴賲 丿蹖丿貙 丌蹖賳丿賴...貨 丿乇 賽 丌蹖賳丿賴 亘丕夭 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿貙 亘賴 丌乇丕賲蹖貨 亘賴 胤賵乇 丨鬲賲 丕讴賳賵賳 亘乇 丌爻鬲丕賳賴颅 蹖 丌賳 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴颅 丕賲貨 噩夭 丕蹖賳 丿乇 賵 丌賳趩賴 倬卮鬲 丌賳 讴賲蹖賳 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 趩蹖夭蹖 賳丿丕乇賲貨 賲蹖颅鬲乇爻賲貨 賳賲蹖颅鬲賵丕賳賲 讴爻蹖 乇丕 亘賴 讴賲讴 亘禺賵丕賴賲貨 賲蹖颅鬲乇爻賲...貨 賯爻賲鬲蹖 丕夭 乇賲丕賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴 丕孬乇 爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵賵丕乇
賲噩賲賵毓賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 芦夭賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄 卮丕賲賱 爻賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘丕 毓賳賵丕賳颅賴丕蹖: 芦夭賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄貙 芦鬲讴 诏賵蹖蹖禄 賵 芦爻賳 乇丕夭丿丕乇蹖禄 丕爻鬲貨 賴乇 爻賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳賯丿蹖颅 亘賴 乇賮鬲丕乇賴丕蹖 夭賳丕賳 丿乇 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴貙 賵 鬲賳 丿丕丿賳 丿丕賵胤賱亘丕賳賴颅 蹖 丌賳颅賴丕 亘賴 賮乇賵丿爻鬲蹖 丕爻鬲貨 丿乇 芦夭賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄 丕蹖賳 鬲爻賱蹖賲 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 鬲賳 丿丕丿賳 亘賴 賵馗丕蹖賮 禺丕賳诏蹖貙 賵 鬲乇讴 讴丕乇 丿乇 亘蹖乇賵賳 丕夭 禺丕賳賴貙 鬲噩賱蹖 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖颅讴賳丿貙 丿乇 芦鬲讴 诏賵蹖蹖禄 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 丕噩亘丕乇 丿禺鬲乇丕賳 亘賴 丕夭丿賵丕噩 鬲丨賲蹖賱蹖 鬲賵爻胤 賲丕丿乇貙 賵 丿乇 芦爻賳 乇丕夭丿丕乇蹖禄 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 賳倬匕蹖乇賮鬲賳 噩丿丕蹖蹖 賮乇夭賳丿丕賳 丕夭 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴貙 賵 丌睾丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲爻鬲賯賱 鬲賵爻胤 賲丕丿乇貨 芦夭賳 賵丕賳賴丕丿賴禄 亘乇丕蹖 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 亘丕乇貙 賴賲乇丕賴 亘丕 胤乇丨賴丕蹖 禺賵丕賴乇 芦爻蹖賲賵賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇 - 賴賱賳 丿賵亘賵丕乇 賳賯丕卮禄貨 丿乇 蹖讴 賲噩賱賴 蹖 夭賳丕賳賴 蹖 芦賮乇丕賳爻賵蹖禄貙 賲噩賱賴 芦丕賱禄貙 亘賴 趩丕倬 乇爻蹖丿貙 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 丌賳 乇丕 丕孬乇蹖 爻胤丨蹖 丿丕賳爻鬲賳丿貙 丕賲丕 芦丿賵亘賵丕乇禄 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丌賳 賲蹖诏賵蹖賳丿: 芦賴乇诏夭 趩蹖夭蹖 丕賳丿賵賴诏蹖賳颅鬲乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 爻乇诏匕卮鬲貙 賳賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿賲禄 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱
賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳 夭賲丕賳 乇丕夭丿丕乇蹖 (爻賳 乇丕夭丿丕乇蹖): 賲爻卅賱賴 丕賳乇跇蹖 賳蹖爻鬲貨 賲賳 亘蹖 賳賵卮鬲賳 賵 讴丕乇 丕丿亘蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕丿丕賲賴 丿賴賲貨 賵丕賯毓丕 趩乇丕責 趩乇丕 禺賵丕爻鬲賴鈥� 丕賲 芦賮蹖賱蹖倬禄 (倬爻乇 乇丕賵蹖)貙 蹖讴 乇賵卮賳賮讴乇 毓賱丕賯賲賳丿 亘賴 賮乇賴賳诏 賵 丕丿亘 丿乇亘蹖丕蹖丿貙 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖鈥屭┵� 芦丌賳丿乇賴禄 (卮賵賴乇 乇丕賵蹖)貙 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 乇丕賴鈥屬囏й� 丿蹖诏乇 鬲卮賵蹖賯 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 禺賵丿賲 鬲乇丿蹖丿 賳丿丕乇賲貙 讴賴 丿乇 讴賵丿讴蹖 賵 賳賵噩賵丕賳蹖貙 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏� 賲乇丕 丕夭 賳賵賲蹖丿蹖 賳噩丕鬲 丿丕丿賴鈥� 丕賳丿貙 賵 亘賴 丕蹖賳 賳鬲蹖噩賴 乇爻丕賳丿賴鈥� 丕賳丿貙 讴賴 賲賯賵賱賴鈥� 蹖 賮乇賴賳诏 亘丕賱丕鬲乇蹖賳 丕乇夭卮鈥屬囏ж池� 賲賳 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕賲乇 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 丿丕乇賲 賵 丨丕囟乇 亘賴 鬲噩丿蹖丿賳馗乇 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丌賳 賳蹖爻鬲賲...貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱 丕夭 氐 23讴鬲丕亘
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 30/07/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Simone de Beauvoir draws us into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises. Three long stories that draw the reader into the lives of three women, all past their first youth, all facing unexpected crises.
L鈥櫭俫e de discr茅tion
Monologue
La Femme rompue
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賳賯賱 丕夭 賲鬲賳 夭賲丕賳 乇丕夭丿丕乇蹖 (爻賳 乇丕夭丿丕乇蹖): 賲爻卅賱賴 丕賳乇跇蹖 賳蹖爻鬲貨 賲賳 亘蹖 賳賵卮鬲賳 賵 讴丕乇 丕丿亘蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕丿丕賲賴 丿賴賲貨 賵丕賯毓丕 趩乇丕責 趩乇丕 禺賵丕爻鬲賴鈥� 丕賲 芦賮蹖賱蹖倬禄 (倬爻乇 乇丕賵蹖)貙 蹖讴 乇賵卮賳賮讴乇 毓賱丕賯賲賳丿 亘賴 賮乇賴賳诏 賵 丕丿亘 丿乇亘蹖丕蹖丿貙 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖鈥屭┵� 芦丌賳丿乇賴禄 (卮賵賴乇 乇丕賵蹖)貙 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 乇丕賴鈥屬囏й� 丿蹖诏乇 鬲卮賵蹖賯 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 禺賵丿賲 鬲乇丿蹖丿 賳丿丕乇賲貙 讴賴 丿乇 讴賵丿讴蹖 賵 賳賵噩賵丕賳蹖貙 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏� 賲乇丕 丕夭 賳賵賲蹖丿蹖 賳噩丕鬲 丿丕丿賴鈥� 丕賳丿貙 賵 亘賴 丕蹖賳 賳鬲蹖噩賴 乇爻丕賳丿賴鈥� 丕賳丿貙 讴賴 賲賯賵賱賴鈥� 蹖 賮乇賴賳诏 亘丕賱丕鬲乇蹖賳 丕乇夭卮鈥屬囏ж池� 賲賳 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕賲乇 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 丿丕乇賲 賵 丨丕囟乇 亘賴 鬲噩丿蹖丿賳馗乇 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丌賳 賳蹖爻鬲賲...貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱 丕夭 氐 23讴鬲丕亘
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 30/07/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
October 9, 2021
loved reading about depressed french women
February 23, 2025
3.75 猸愶笍
Oh how I love being a woman 馃珷
Oh how I love being a woman 馃珷
July 24, 2024
鈥濴a femme rompue鈥�, The Woman Destroyed, is written by one of the most controversial feminists, Simone de Beauvoir. The book was originally published in 1967.
Simone de Beauvoir麓s impeccable writing style full of wits and eloquence paired with my curiosity about the destiny of three women in the book kept me engaged from start to end.
De Beauvoir says, there is neither a morale to the stories nor are there any lessons to be learnt. She wants her readers to partake in the experiences of three women who are in misery and dilemma. Her purpose definitely worked for me. The stories are so emotional and so articulate that I couldn鈥檛 do anything, but deeply empathize with these women, feeling their frustration about life and their angst what the future may hold for them. Whilst these three women struggle find their own happiness, the reader will get to acknowledge that there isn鈥檛 a 鈥榰niversal key鈥� to happiness after all.
The riddle of men and women and their relationships is an omnipresent topic throughout centuries, and these stories are not even that remote to some of our current societal problems women face:
- Pressure of ageing
- Giving up career for the sake of kids and husband
- Kids & husband gone leaving a 44-years old Monique absolutely with nothing just to mention one example.
Honestly, I don鈥檛 know what rode me into reading this book, though I am very glad to have read it, but even the merrier to have finished it ;)
Simone de Beauvoir麓s impeccable writing style full of wits and eloquence paired with my curiosity about the destiny of three women in the book kept me engaged from start to end.
De Beauvoir says, there is neither a morale to the stories nor are there any lessons to be learnt. She wants her readers to partake in the experiences of three women who are in misery and dilemma. Her purpose definitely worked for me. The stories are so emotional and so articulate that I couldn鈥檛 do anything, but deeply empathize with these women, feeling their frustration about life and their angst what the future may hold for them. Whilst these three women struggle find their own happiness, the reader will get to acknowledge that there isn鈥檛 a 鈥榰niversal key鈥� to happiness after all.
The riddle of men and women and their relationships is an omnipresent topic throughout centuries, and these stories are not even that remote to some of our current societal problems women face:
- Pressure of ageing
- Giving up career for the sake of kids and husband
- Kids & husband gone leaving a 44-years old Monique absolutely with nothing just to mention one example.
Honestly, I don鈥檛 know what rode me into reading this book, though I am very glad to have read it, but even the merrier to have finished it ;)
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August 8, 2022Absolutely brilliant. A favorite of the year
October 29, 2016
ENGLISH / SPANISH-- The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir. Warning: do not read this if you can't stand unlikeable characters. For the rest of you: don't miss this. In a current world where readers demand strong female role-models, the so-called "badass" heroines (kick-ass, fierce, strong...), it might seem weird to read about the thoughts and reflections of women passed their 40's and even in their 60's, full of flaws, of doubts, of failures. But these are the exact same lives that will make us question more things we wouldn't have dared before (or not even thought of), and even recognize some patterns in our own lives or in the ones surrounding us.
This book consists of three short novellas: The Age of Discretion, The Monologue, and The Woman Destroyed, told by 3 very different women. I don't want to give up anything, so let's just say that the three of them are by far one of the most believable voices I've ever read. Fascinating and scary. De Beauvoir's insight into their minds is astonishing. In De Beauvoir own words: "The Woman Destroyed is the shocked victim of a life that she herself chose: a conjugal dependence that leaves her stripped of everything and of her own self when love is denied to her. It would be useless to find morals or propose lessons in these stories, no, my intention has been very different. We do not live more than one single life, but, for sympathy, it is sometimes possible to leave our own skin. I am supportive of women who have taken over their lives and have struggled to achieve their goals; but that does not stop me, on the contrary, of being interested in the ones that, for one reason or another, have failed; and, in general, in that part of failure that can be found in every existence." (I've done this translation myself - sorry if I made any mistakes!). A very important read.
----贰厂笔础脩翱尝----
En la actualidad, existe una alta demanda de hero铆nas, personajes de mujeres (j贸venes por lo general, curiosamente) descritas como fuertes, modelos a seguir. Desde el mundo anglosaj贸n nos llega el "girl power", las "badass female characters": con arcos, domadoras de dragones, supercerebros varios.
Puede resultar, por lo tanto, extra帽a la idea de leer extractos de la vida y de los pensamientos de tres mujeres de 40 y 60 a帽os, llenos de miedos, dudas, fracasos. No obstante, opino que es precisamente con esta clase de vidas con las que nos haremos preguntas, cuestiones que no nos atrev铆amos a plantear o que simplemente no hab铆an pasado por nuestras cabezas.
"La mujer rota" contiene tres relatos breves: La edad de la discreci贸n, Mon贸logo y, finalmente, La mujer rota. Y qu茅 mejor que las propias palabras de De Beauvoir para hablar de ellos: "He querido hacer escuchar aqu铆 las voces de tres mujeres que se debaten con palabras en situaciones sin salida. Una tropieza con una ineluctable fatalidad, la de la edad. La segunda conjura por medio de un mon贸logo parafr茅nico la soledad a donde la ha arrojado su ego铆smo exacerbado. La mujer rota es la v铆ctima estupefacta de la vida que ella misma se eligi贸: una dependencia conyugal que la deja despojada de todo y de su ser mismo cuando el amor le es rehusado. Ser铆a en vano buscar moralejas en estos relatos; proponer lecciones, no; mi intenci贸n ha sido totalmente diferente. No se vive m谩s que una sola vida, pero, por la simpat铆a, a veces es posible salirse de la propia piel. He querido comunicar a mis lectores ciertas experiencias de las cuales particip茅 de esa manera. Me siento solidaria de las mujeres que han asumido su vida y que luchan por lograr sus objetivos; pero eso no me impide -al contrario- interesarme por aquellas que, de un modo u otro, han fracasado, y, en general, por esa parte de fracaso que hay en toda existencia.
Es preferible no desvelar mucho m谩s y que cada lector los descubra por s铆 mismo, basta con decir que estos relatos ofrecen tres de las voces m谩s aut茅nticas y cre铆bles que he le铆do jam谩s. El poder de Beauvoir para adentrarse en sus mentes es impresionante, lo cual se refleja en las diferentes t茅cnicas narrativas empleadas. Por otro lado, resulta llamativo como, a pesar haber sido escritos a finales de los a帽os 60, todos reconoceremos en estos relatos, especialmente en "La mujer rota" a mujeres de nuestro entorno: nuestras madres, las madres de nuestros conocidos, vecinas o familiares (como mucho, basta con inflar un poco sus edades. las etapas de la vida se han retrasado algo, al fin y al cabo, para reconocer patrones exactos). Ello hace de este libro no solo una lectura fascinante, sino muy relevante.
This book consists of three short novellas: The Age of Discretion, The Monologue, and The Woman Destroyed, told by 3 very different women. I don't want to give up anything, so let's just say that the three of them are by far one of the most believable voices I've ever read. Fascinating and scary. De Beauvoir's insight into their minds is astonishing. In De Beauvoir own words: "The Woman Destroyed is the shocked victim of a life that she herself chose: a conjugal dependence that leaves her stripped of everything and of her own self when love is denied to her. It would be useless to find morals or propose lessons in these stories, no, my intention has been very different. We do not live more than one single life, but, for sympathy, it is sometimes possible to leave our own skin. I am supportive of women who have taken over their lives and have struggled to achieve their goals; but that does not stop me, on the contrary, of being interested in the ones that, for one reason or another, have failed; and, in general, in that part of failure that can be found in every existence." (I've done this translation myself - sorry if I made any mistakes!). A very important read.
----贰厂笔础脩翱尝----
En la actualidad, existe una alta demanda de hero铆nas, personajes de mujeres (j贸venes por lo general, curiosamente) descritas como fuertes, modelos a seguir. Desde el mundo anglosaj贸n nos llega el "girl power", las "badass female characters": con arcos, domadoras de dragones, supercerebros varios.
Puede resultar, por lo tanto, extra帽a la idea de leer extractos de la vida y de los pensamientos de tres mujeres de 40 y 60 a帽os, llenos de miedos, dudas, fracasos. No obstante, opino que es precisamente con esta clase de vidas con las que nos haremos preguntas, cuestiones que no nos atrev铆amos a plantear o que simplemente no hab铆an pasado por nuestras cabezas.
"La mujer rota" contiene tres relatos breves: La edad de la discreci贸n, Mon贸logo y, finalmente, La mujer rota. Y qu茅 mejor que las propias palabras de De Beauvoir para hablar de ellos: "He querido hacer escuchar aqu铆 las voces de tres mujeres que se debaten con palabras en situaciones sin salida. Una tropieza con una ineluctable fatalidad, la de la edad. La segunda conjura por medio de un mon贸logo parafr茅nico la soledad a donde la ha arrojado su ego铆smo exacerbado. La mujer rota es la v铆ctima estupefacta de la vida que ella misma se eligi贸: una dependencia conyugal que la deja despojada de todo y de su ser mismo cuando el amor le es rehusado. Ser铆a en vano buscar moralejas en estos relatos; proponer lecciones, no; mi intenci贸n ha sido totalmente diferente. No se vive m谩s que una sola vida, pero, por la simpat铆a, a veces es posible salirse de la propia piel. He querido comunicar a mis lectores ciertas experiencias de las cuales particip茅 de esa manera. Me siento solidaria de las mujeres que han asumido su vida y que luchan por lograr sus objetivos; pero eso no me impide -al contrario- interesarme por aquellas que, de un modo u otro, han fracasado, y, en general, por esa parte de fracaso que hay en toda existencia.
Es preferible no desvelar mucho m谩s y que cada lector los descubra por s铆 mismo, basta con decir que estos relatos ofrecen tres de las voces m谩s aut茅nticas y cre铆bles que he le铆do jam谩s. El poder de Beauvoir para adentrarse en sus mentes es impresionante, lo cual se refleja en las diferentes t茅cnicas narrativas empleadas. Por otro lado, resulta llamativo como, a pesar haber sido escritos a finales de los a帽os 60, todos reconoceremos en estos relatos, especialmente en "La mujer rota" a mujeres de nuestro entorno: nuestras madres, las madres de nuestros conocidos, vecinas o familiares (como mucho, basta con inflar un poco sus edades. las etapas de la vida se han retrasado algo, al fin y al cabo, para reconocer patrones exactos). Ello hace de este libro no solo una lectura fascinante, sino muy relevante.
February 9, 2021
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August 10, 2019
Although this book was published in 1967 (and the three pieces written at different times), the book this reminded me of most - almost serves as a precedent to - is Ferrante's .
With her focus firmly on the inner lives of three women, de Beauvoir somehow manages to be coolly analytical while still conjuring the searing emotions that both make and unmake her female protagonists.
With two short pieces followed by the novella 'The Woman Destroyed', she charts commonalities: women who live through others, who lose touch with their inner selves, who collapse into depression (or, in one case, a kind of pathological malice) when their props are removed or flawed. Betrayals are everywhere: from sons and daughters, from husbands and friends, from life itself.
But it's interesting that the same woman who finds freedom in having a week to herself while her husband is away at a business conference, is destroyed when she finds that he's been having an affair: the self-construction is striking - freedom is contingent on an overriding super-structure of being a wife-and-mother: take away that primary identity and Monique is adrift.
De Beauvoir plays with narrative form: a 1st person narrative, an inner monologue, a diary - and the three pieces build up an image of women and their fragile sense of identity and belonging.
This isn't as compelling for me as either her wonderful, immense or the taut (must re-read!) but sits somewhere between her best fiction and her memoirs and non-fiction.
With her focus firmly on the inner lives of three women, de Beauvoir somehow manages to be coolly analytical while still conjuring the searing emotions that both make and unmake her female protagonists.
With two short pieces followed by the novella 'The Woman Destroyed', she charts commonalities: women who live through others, who lose touch with their inner selves, who collapse into depression (or, in one case, a kind of pathological malice) when their props are removed or flawed. Betrayals are everywhere: from sons and daughters, from husbands and friends, from life itself.
But it's interesting that the same woman who finds freedom in having a week to herself while her husband is away at a business conference, is destroyed when she finds that he's been having an affair: the self-construction is striking - freedom is contingent on an overriding super-structure of being a wife-and-mother: take away that primary identity and Monique is adrift.
De Beauvoir plays with narrative form: a 1st person narrative, an inner monologue, a diary - and the three pieces build up an image of women and their fragile sense of identity and belonging.
This isn't as compelling for me as either her wonderful, immense or the taut (must re-read!) but sits somewhere between her best fiction and her memoirs and non-fiction.
December 26, 2018
"All around me the world lies like an immense hypothesis that I no longer verify."
I found myself in a reading slump, so I left my personal library and wandered into the public library of my new city; there, I ran across this collection. I enjoyed reading these cleverly worded paragraphs, the shape of Beauvoir's sentences, the intensity wrapped in lucid lines. Her characters make sense of life on the page and when they discover the why in the actions of others, the reader is invited along for the journey.
There is something special about entering the consciousness of another and exploring things about the world; the loss of passion and intimacy; the rediscovery of self and body. There are three stories in this collection but I preferred The Age of Discretion and The Woman Destroyed for their sensory movement, pacing and character transformation. Unfortunately, The Monologue's structure didn't keep me grounded.
I found myself in a reading slump, so I left my personal library and wandered into the public library of my new city; there, I ran across this collection. I enjoyed reading these cleverly worded paragraphs, the shape of Beauvoir's sentences, the intensity wrapped in lucid lines. Her characters make sense of life on the page and when they discover the why in the actions of others, the reader is invited along for the journey.
There is something special about entering the consciousness of another and exploring things about the world; the loss of passion and intimacy; the rediscovery of self and body. There are three stories in this collection but I preferred The Age of Discretion and The Woman Destroyed for their sensory movement, pacing and character transformation. Unfortunately, The Monologue's structure didn't keep me grounded.
September 3, 2019
"N茫o sei mais nada, n茫o somente quem sou, mas quem deveria ser.
Como viver sem acreditar em nada, nem em mim mesma?
Porque levantar um bra莽o?
Porque p么r um p茅 em frente do outro?"
Como viver sem acreditar em nada, nem em mim mesma?
Porque levantar um bra莽o?
Porque p么r um p茅 em frente do outro?"
October 20, 2015
Once upon a time, I was on the train and this old woman (perhaps seventy years of age) started sharing her life experience with me.
She said, "Girl, I realized early on that no matter how sweet and caring and loving a man is, when it comes to sex, they're all brutes. They can't control themselves, they have no finesse, they're brutal. My husband, he loved me so much and he was the kindest man, but in bed he was an animal. I was afraid of him."
It was heart-breaking. You can tell a woman in her twenties that her boyfriend is abusing, you can tell a woman in her thirties that she's been lied to. You cannot tell an old lady that she suffered needlessly, that sex can be enjoyed, that men can be good and caring in bed. I wanted to cry, but I let her go on until the end, saying nothing, knowing that to dispel the lie at this point would be to break her.
That's how real life is: insane, and people have the strangest stories and any number of sides and passions. If you dig a bit, everyone can say something that will take your breath away.
Simone de Beauvoir's stories, in this anthology, have an ounce of realism, as it's understood in the modern world: generic, every-woman tales that you might hear on a train ride somewhere. But perhaps I've heard too many tales told by real women, because these failed to impress. Sure, they remind me of women I know, but in an annoying, futile, depressing, somewhat generic manner.
The problem with this sort of realism is that, as it intends to stay away from sugar-coated, comforting, perhaps shocking stories, it falls into despair, gloom and non-special situations. It's on the polar opposite of the spectrum of reality, turning life gray and pressuring, soaking up its strange incidents and particular details. It doesn't make it more *real* than "They lived happily ever after", just more likely to be taken as such.
She said, "Girl, I realized early on that no matter how sweet and caring and loving a man is, when it comes to sex, they're all brutes. They can't control themselves, they have no finesse, they're brutal. My husband, he loved me so much and he was the kindest man, but in bed he was an animal. I was afraid of him."
It was heart-breaking. You can tell a woman in her twenties that her boyfriend is abusing, you can tell a woman in her thirties that she's been lied to. You cannot tell an old lady that she suffered needlessly, that sex can be enjoyed, that men can be good and caring in bed. I wanted to cry, but I let her go on until the end, saying nothing, knowing that to dispel the lie at this point would be to break her.
That's how real life is: insane, and people have the strangest stories and any number of sides and passions. If you dig a bit, everyone can say something that will take your breath away.
Simone de Beauvoir's stories, in this anthology, have an ounce of realism, as it's understood in the modern world: generic, every-woman tales that you might hear on a train ride somewhere. But perhaps I've heard too many tales told by real women, because these failed to impress. Sure, they remind me of women I know, but in an annoying, futile, depressing, somewhat generic manner.
The problem with this sort of realism is that, as it intends to stay away from sugar-coated, comforting, perhaps shocking stories, it falls into despair, gloom and non-special situations. It's on the polar opposite of the spectrum of reality, turning life gray and pressuring, soaking up its strange incidents and particular details. It doesn't make it more *real* than "They lived happily ever after", just more likely to be taken as such.
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