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The Second Sex - Simone de Beauvoir
The Second Sex
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ISBN: 9783499193194 (3499193191)
Edition language: Deutsch
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Domhnall
Domhnall rated it
5.0 The Second Sex
This translation, by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevalier, published in 2011, is the best of two available English translations from the original French and the alternative translation by H.M.Parshley in 1953 is a disgrace, which abridged, simplified and often mistranslated the original...
DOUBLE PARKED BOOKS
DOUBLE PARKED BOOKS rated it
3.0
I am actually rereading it - this new version contains many parts of the book which were originally omitted because it might be too shocking for past readers.
Books are Alibis
Books are Alibis rated it
4.0 The Second Sex (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)
FINALLY, I finished it. This book seemed to take forever and I'm so glad I finished it. I was pretty much skim reading it by the end of it.It was a really interesting book and that's why I gave it 4/5 stars. The writing was really good and I was really captivated in the subject. It seemed to ramble ...
Xalaila's book diary
Xalaila's book diary rated it
4.0 The Second Sex
Lo sentí lento y un poco pesado. Muchos datos atemporales y ejemplos extremistas. Fuera de eso, me hizo reflexionar mucho sobre las vidas de mi abuela, de mi mamá y la mía propia. Muchas cosas me hicieron click. Vale la pena leerlo, quizá en pequeñas dosis (¿un capítulo a la vez?)
KuntuZangmo
KuntuZangmo rated it
0.0 The Second Sex
I read it when I was ten, just because it was on my mother's shelf, and of course at that age you find everything very thought-provoking, but I think I wouldn't like it now.Hm, don't remember right now how Adrian Mole liked it. =)
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