A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir

A Very Easy Death

Simone de Beauvoir with Patrick O'Brian (Translator)

nonfiction memoir philosophy emotional reflective slow-paced

112 pages | first published 1964

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A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir’s masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother’s death “shows the power of compassion when it is allied with acute intelligence” (The Sunday Telegraph...
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Moods

emotional 79%
reflective 79%
sad 62%
dark 33%
challenging 22%
informative 9%
tense 7%
inspiring 5%
hopeful 1%
lighthearted 1%
mysterious 1%

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medium 57%
fast 24%
slow 18%

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