by Simone de Beauvoir · Folio · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070361373
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«Une mort très douce» is the autobiographical account by Simone de Beauvoir, published by Folio in paperback (160 pages, in French).
Simone de Beauvoir reconstructs the last months of her mother Françoise's life, following her hospital admission after a fall and the diagnosis of an incurable illness. The author narrates the agony from the perspective of the accompanying daughter, intertwining the intimate portrait with reflections on grief, old age, faith and the mother-daughter relationship.
The work was originally published in 1964; this Folio edition dates from 1972.
Recommended for readers of French literature and memoirs, as well as for those seeking a reflection on grief and the mother-daughter relationship.
Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, nor was she considered one at the time of her death, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.
