| When I would tell people I was working on a book about Simone de Beauvoir ,I usually received one of two reactions : oh wow , she wrote The second Sex , I m afraid I nver quite got through it " Or , She s Jean--Paul Sartre s friend , isn t she? Then we would either have a short conversation about what an amazing book the second sex is , even though it is hard to read from end to end or but ling lasting relationship with Jean , with a lauth about how most marriage don t last as long these days . Anumber of people who hadn t read a word of what she has written told me excitedly that their mother , theri aunt, their sister ,or theri best friend adored her. Sometimes , too, I would have to reply that I hadn t . Off course , I was pleased when , after I had written de Beauvoir to tell her about the book and she had promptly and kindly answered , I was able to tell people"But I have had corespondence with her." (I talk more about my realtionship with her in "Clearing the Air --A Persinal Word"and in the Afterword.) |
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