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Title: Insight into a woman and her time
Review: Simone de Beauvoir the memoirist was one of the great literary stylists of the century. This book focuses on the end of WWII and the disappointments which followed when French intellectuals and politicians failed to unite; when France's power diminished and when Communism's inability to solve the problems of mankind became obvious. Reading Simone provides insight into how the McCarthy era evolved and how the Cold War came about. Alhough its cast includes the philosophical and literary stars of the mid-20th century, this book is more than a gossipy treat: it is a road map to the understanding of how Europe and America dealt with mending the wounds of war and how the remainder of the century was shaped.
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