Beschreibung
Long considered one of Simone de Beauvoir's masterpieces, A Very Easy Death is a profoundly affecting, day-by-day recounting of her mother's final days after she is hospitalized following a fall. Though a devout Catholic, her faith is subsumed by her terror of death, and as her body fails, she clings to life with fierce, primal desperation. In depicting her mother's refusal to 'go gentle' while her autonomy and dignity are taken from her, Simone de Beauvoir 'shows the power of compassion when it is allied with acute intelligence' (Sunday Telegraph). Powerful, touching and sometimes shocking, this is an end-of-life account that no reader is likely to forget.
Buchdetails
Format
Taschenbuch
Seiten
114 Seiten
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
Jun 14, 2023
Verlag
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Ausgaben
45 editions
ISBN-10
180427044X
ISBN-13
9781804270448